Kellner’s argument is based on the premise that the number of working-class leave voters who voted Labour in 2017 is relatively small. Working-class leave voters were far more likely to vote Tory, for smaller parties or not to vote at all in 2017. A rigged referendum will cost us the trust and respect of millions of current and former Labour voters. They listened to the economic arguments I, and others, put forward in 2016 and took a judgment to vote leave. A Labour party that cannot also speak for them doesn’t feel much like a Labour party at all.

Source: The Guardian May 20, 2019 09:22 UTC