Almost exactly a year after Article 50 was triggered, Remainers are short of time to stop Brexit. Public opinion has not changed to the degree that many hoped and Labour is still committed to EU withdrawal (as Jeremy Corbyn’s sacking of Owen Smith demonstrated).
Keir Starmer’s latest intervention, however, has cheered some Remainers. The shadow Brexit secretary has announced that Labour will seek to amend the EU withdrawal bill to ensure that a parliamentary vote against the government’s deal would not lead to the UK leaving without an agreement. To date, the Conservatives have insisted that Britain would simply crash out and revert to economically harmful World Trade Organisation terms.
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