My message is to support the leader …
We must go into an election united. And when we have a policy on Brexit, and Jeremy Corbyn makes it clear that that is the policy, then that’s what leading members of the shadow cabinet should argue for. If they find that they can’t argue for it because they feel strongly, well of course they have that right, but they should step aside, and step aside from the shadow cabinet, which will become the cabinet, and they can argue whatever they want.
But the policy and my appeals to them, and to Emily [Thornberry, shadow foreign secretary] and to anybody else is, support your leader …
If we get to a position where Jeremy is saying, let’s not make our decision on how we will campaign until we know what the deal [is], my appeal to her – support Jeremy and that’s my appeal to the whole of conference.
