In the Brexit crisis, the next steps for Labour are difficult and disputed. They will stand back and let civil war break out inside the Conservative Party. They will vote against Theresa May’s deal (assuming she survives as Tory leader), tweaks or no tweaks. They will, at a point where it looks realistic, propose no confidence – either in May’s government or the administration cobbled together to replace it. But after that?
I want either a second referendum or an election. In both situations Labour should fight on the slogan: remain and reform. But that means seriously addressing something that Labour’s frontbench hasn’t had to since 2016: what exactly does reforming Europe mean?
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