Jon Trickett said Labour would be in difficulty with its voters if they felt the 2016 referendum had been overturned by a “privileged political elite” Leon Neal/GettyLabour’s fragile truce over a second referendum broke down further today as a key ally of Jeremy Corbyn said that it should be held only as a last resort. Jon Trickett, the shadow cabinet office minster, said that Labour would be “rightly” in difficulty with its voters if they felt that the result of the 2016 referendum had been reversed by a “privilged political elite”. Labour’s MPs, its union backers and its grassroots are deeply split on the question of a second referendum on EU membership. Mr Corbyn is being pulled towards one by John McDonnell, the shadow chancellor, backed by Momentum, the activist campaign group that helped him to win and defend the leadership. Karie Murphy, the Labour leader’s chief of staff; Len McCluskey,…

Source: The Times December 09, 2018 18:00 UTC