Labour MEPs launch bid to BAN pro-Brexit candidates from standing for the party in upcoming Euro elections Labour’s 20 MEPs, who are all Remainers, have urged Jeremy Corbyn to force all candidates to promise to back calls for a second referendum But move opposed by some members of Mr Corbyn’s shadow cabinet, who fear it will drive Brexiteer Labour voters towards Nigel Farage’s new Brexit Party The row was revealed after Richard Corbett, Labour’s leader in the European parliament, said Mr Corbyn must back a second referendum
By Simon Walters for the Daily Mail
Published: 22:55 BST, 14 April 2019 | Updated: 22:56 BST, 14 April 2019
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A Labour move to ban pro-Brexit candidates standing for the party in the European elections was revealed last night.
Labour’s 20 MEPs, who are all Remainers, have urged Jeremy Corbyn to force all candidates to promise to back calls for a second referendum, party sources claimed.
But the move is fiercely opposed by some members of Mr Corbyn’s shadow cabinet, who fear it will drive Brexiteer Labour voters towards Nigel Farage’s new Brexit Party
