Last week, Labour and Conservative both stood firm against mounting pressure from remainers for a second Brexit referendum.

First came Theresa May’s unconvincing “We. Stand. Ready” speech, which everyone very reasonably expected to end with a series of comedy prat-falls and some kind of hilarious explosion. Then on Saturday, shadow chancellor John McDonnell stated that any potential second vote would not include the option to stay in the EU, but instead be all “about the deal”.

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The EU should be clear: I will not overturn the result of the referendum. Nor will I break up my country. pic.twitter.com/fYhIgGWV1Q — Theresa May (@theresa_may) September 21, 2018

What a difference a few days of furious controversy makes. In a speech to supporters at the Labour conference last night, shadow Brexit secretary Keir Starmer revealed that the party have not in fact ruled out a referendum to cancel Brexit – a revelation that earned him a standing ovation from the overwhelmingly pro-Remain crowd. Of course, it says a lot that the only celebrated Brexit-themed speech from a politician over the past year essentially boils down to “shall we fuck it off, lads?”, but that’s just where we’re at.

Starmer and the party decided on the statement during a five-hour late-night meeting on the eve of the conference. Watch it below:

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A standing ovation for Shadow Brexit Secretary @Keir_Starmer as he says "nobody is ruling out remain as an option" if there's a people's vote on Brexit.



Follow the latest from #LabourConference2018 here: https://t.co/MTLnmOgpcz pic.twitter.com/JQ4IAM9Vzq — SkyNews (@SkyNews) September 25, 2018

“The meeting was very careful not to define the question, because we don’t know if we’re dealing with a deal or no deal – but equally, it was not ruling anything out, and the words ‘on the deal’ were removed, to emphasise the openness of that question,” he said.

“Certainly, there was no ruling out of anything, and no ruling out of remain as an option. That was clearly the mood of the room, and in fact that’s reflected in the motion.”

"If [a general election] is not possible, we must have other options. And, conference, that must include campaigning for a public vote. Conference, it’s right that parliament has the first say. But if we need to break the impasse, our options must include campaigning for a public vote and nobody is ruling out remain as an option."

Interestingly, according to The Guardian, the "ruling out" line that inspired applause was seemingly ad-lipped by Starmer, and was not included in the official text from the Labour press office.

Labour has said it will vote against Theresa May’s deal, saying it is too similar to her much-derided Chequers proposals from the summer. If MPs reject the Prime Minister’s agreement she will be left in a difficult and unclear position moving forward – something anti-Brexit campaigners will look to exploit.

Calls for a ‘People’s Vote’ have ramped up over the past few months, receiving celebrity endorsements from the likes of Gary Lineker, Armando Iannucci, Steve Coogan and Tracey Ullman, as well as Labour MP for Tottenham, David Lammy.

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This is a historic moment for our party.



We can sit back and allow the Tory government to wreck our country through Brexit.



Or we can listen to our members and back a #PeoplesVote, which gives the option to remain in the EU. pic.twitter.com/4M1aM32kwt — David Lammy (@DavidLammy) September 23, 2018

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