Jeremy Corbyn has been clear for a while that Labour will vote against Theresa May’s Brexit deal in the Commons. But it’s worth keeping an eye on the reaction in his party to the development of a second line in the Labour position, which is that the party has a better plan for Brexit.
Today the Labour leader urged the Prime Minister to ‘prepare a Plan B’, telling the Commons that ‘there is a sensible deal that could win the support of this House based on a comprehensive customs union and strong single market deal that protects rights at work and environmental safeguards’. This is of course based on the ‘six tests’ that Keir Starmer has been applying to May’s Brexit negotiations over the past year, but it is agitating those Labour MPs and activists who want their party to campaign to stop Brexit, rather than offer a modified version of it.
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