CORBYN DOES MAD BREXIT U-TURN IN DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO STOP LABOUR SPLITTING

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has been forced to capitulate to the Bremainer wing of his party in order to stop yet more MPs defecting to the breakaway "Independent Group" of MPs and further splitting the party. 

As reported by the Sun:

Jeremy Corbyn tonight announced he will back a second Brexit referendum which could betray 17.4million Leave voters.

The leftie leader pledged to support moves for a "public vote to prevent a damaging Tory Brexit" - after months of dithering.

It is the first time Mr Corbyn has officially backed the idea of a referendum which could end up keeping us in the EU despite the result of the 2016 vote.

The Labour boss has been under increasing pressure from pro-Remain MPs and activists to support a so-called "people's vote", especially after nine MPs left last week - with eight of them joining the Independent Group.

But Brexiteers blasted him today for backing a vote which would disregard the result of the first referendum.

And the policy is still fudged - with no clarity on what form the referendum would actually take or when it would be.

While many Labour voters in London oppose Brexit, the party's traditional White working class voters in the North of the country are much more split on the issue. In fact, about 70% of all constituencies with a Labour MP voted for Brexit. 

By taking a more strongly Remainer position, Corbyn has thus greatly weakened the electoral prospects of many of his colleagues.

This is not a move by a strong leader. Rather it is desperate attempt to stop dozens of other centrist Labour MPs leaving an already weakened party. Since Tony Blair resigned as leader in 2007, the Labour Party has been moving to the Left -- and ever greater unelectability. 

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