Any attempt to analyse Labour’s positiononBrexit facesa difficult initial hurdle: understanding what that position is.
It has a number ofdifferent iterations. But let me take the mostcoherent: that fleshed out by Labour’s Shadow Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, Keir Starmer.
Here’s what Sir Keirsaid in Parliament:
The majority of those voting voted to leave. That result has to be accepted and respected, notwithstanding the fact that many of us, including myself, campaigned for remain. However, that is not the end of the matter. The next question, and one that is increasingly pressing, is: on what terms should we leave the EU? That question was not on the ballot paper.
So far so good (For what it’s worth, I’ve explained why I think those statements are true here. If you remain unpersuaded, this blog post is probably not for you).
But what are the terms on…
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Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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