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LEFT-WING supporters of Brexit condemned a misleading poll today as a “trap” for suggesting that most Labour members want Jeremy Corbyn to back a second referendum.
The poll gave the impression that the Labour leader was at odds with the 550,000-strong party membership over Brexit by reporting that 72 per cent of around 1,050 members polled wanted a so-called “People’s Vote.”
However, the poll had a key finding that was ignored in reports that were splashed on the fronts of the Guardian and the Scotsman.
Starmer sabotaged Labour with his second referendum campaign, mobilising a liberal backlash that sincerely felt progressive ideals were at stake — but the EU was then and is now an entity Britain should have nothing to do with, explains NICK WRIGHT
VINCE MILLS cautions over the perils and pitfalls of ‘a new left party’
While Reform poses as a workers’ party, a credible left alternative rooted in working-class communities would expose their sham — and Corbyn’s stature will be crucial to its appeal, argues CHELLEY RYAN
