Jeremy Corbyn's leadership and the single market
At this year's Labour Conference a row was sparked with accusations from Labour's right-wing, and their media allies, that debate on Brexit was stifled . The reality, sketched out by Alex Nunns in a Red Pepper article , was there was a full debate and an indirect vote in the form of the arcane sounding 'reference back' which was heavily defeated. The right-wing groups Progress and Labour First are campaigning for Labour to commit to remaining in the Single Market through membership of the European Economic Area ( EEA ). After their set back at conference they pledged to take their argument to "...every constituency Labour party in next 12 months" . An example of this is a resolution to a constituency party: "This Constituency Labour Party: Notes the August publication of the Government's position papers on a range of EU withdrawal matters including future UK-EU customs arrangements; And believes that these recent papers reveal that the curre...