The lady in the green shirt certainly wasn't happy with the result and remoaners expressed dismay both inside and outside the conference. Len McCluskey, who has persistently called for the result of the 2016 referendum to be respected, shook his head as she called for another vote. Funny isn't it how Remainers are always calling for another vote when it doesn't go their way?
Of course all these shenanigans are largely meaningless. While the policy may be written into a Labour manifesto, most Labour MPs will simply refuse to campaign on it. Manifestos have become rather meaningless in recent years anyway. Labour's current manifesto (from 2017) has already been rescinded halfway through the Parliamentary term. The party's recent commitment to a second referendum is in direct contravention of the very first line of that manifesto - "Labour accepts the referendum result". So, while Corbyn sits on the fence during said referendum (which is what he would have preferred to do in 2016) most of his MPs would run around their constituencies telling voters to back Remain. Many have already expressed their disobedience via Twitter...
The usual suspects then. Note that most of them are London MPs, looking to keep the rest of the UK in the corrupt EU against its will - but remember comrades we the Labour Party are "anti-establishment"! It's laughable. Fortunately not all voices on the left agree. Look out for George Galloway's rather blunt response to Big Owen's remoaning...
The First Minister of Wales also pledged to ignore Corbyn's policy, regardless of the fact Wales voted Leave in 2016.
And finally, the Mayor of London, who cares more about the EU than he does about his own citizens being maimed and murdered on a daily basis.
No word from Tom Watson yet. Expect he'll be getting some rest tonight while reflecting on how best to undermine his leader tomorrow!
