JEREMY Corbyn has infuriated Labour MPs today after he dropped support for a second referendum vote on his EU election leaflets.
The Labour leader originally pushed for another public vote for people to express if the final deal is what they voted for. So what’s going on now?
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Britain’s opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn leaves his home in north London
What are Jeremy Corbyn’s views on Brexit?
The Labour leader backed a second referendum on Brexit just weeks before the UK’s planned departure – after months of refusing to commit himself to any position.
But now it seems that Corbyn has backtracked after removing Labour’s fight for a second referendum on the party’s leaflets.
The only mention of Brexit was on the back, with a few sentence saying: “The Tories handling of Brexit has left our country in crisis.
“Labour will keep a close relationship with the EU and protect workers rights.”
Shadow Brexit Secretary, Sir Keir Starmer was said to be “furious” after he wasn’t consulted on the flyer.
A senior shadow ministerial source added: “Keir is absolutely furious about the leaflet. He knows very well that it doesn’t reflect the party’s policy, the views of the membership or our candidates. It will have to change.”
On February 25, 2019, the leftie boss U-turned on his promise to respect the result of the historic 2016 vote and vowed that his party would get behind another one, despite around 4.5million Labour voters backing Brexit.
He said if Theresa May’s Brexit deal gets through Parliament “there must be a confirmatory public vote”.
Speaking in the Commons, Mr Corbyn said: “The Prime Minister’s botched deal provides no certainty or guarantees for the future and was comprehensively rejected by this House.
“We cannot risk our country’s industry and people’s livelihoods and so if it somehow does pass in some form at a later stage, we believe there must be a confirmatory public vote to see if people feel it is what they voted for.”
Why has Labour flip-flopped?
Labour MPs have lashed out at Corbyn for his support to overturn the referendum.
He previously resisted all attempts to reverse the Brexit result, ignoring
The shift in policy, which would see voters asked to decide between a deal and remaining in the EU, won plaudits from Remain-supporting MPs but led to warnings of electoral disaster in some of Labour’s heartlands.
The move is widely believed to be a move to keep MPs on side and stop more from leaving to join the pro-EU Independent Group.
Seven Labour MPs quit to join the new group, all of whom have supported a referendum.
