Tomorrow at 1.30pm, Labour’s shadow cabinet, in a special Brexit session, may move towards making the historic decision to call for a referendum in ‘all circumstances’ – that is, on any Brexit deal agreed by parliament or on a no-deal Brexit.
That said, sources close to Jeremy Corbyn caution me against expecting any momentous announcement tomorrow.
By contrast, shadow cabinet members tell me that Corbyn is inexorably – if slowly – shifting Labour to become the referendum party, although one senior party member tells me a device will be found to delay the shift.
What gives credence to the idea that there will be a decisive move towards a confirmatory ballot is that Andrew Fisher, Corbyn’s policy adviser, has written a paper recommending that.
And, more surprisingly perhaps, he is also said to have recommended that Labour should simultaneously adopt a position of campaigning to remain in the EU.
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