Labour’s big Brexit showdown (part 39) was a disappointment but no surprise to most of those who support a People’s Vote. We should all know the drill by now. Some sham consultation with members via bogus policy forums. A National Executive Committee meeting so long that members have to take an aspirin and wear flight socks to avoid deep vein thrombosis. And then the leadership gets what they want.

Don’t you just love the new politics? Three years after the EU referendum, two missed deadlines and a good 10 days into the European elections campaign, Labour has another policy on Brexit and, to coin a phrase, “nothing has changed”. The position is still a muddle. Labour is the Vicky Pollard of Brexit. “Yeah, but no, but yeah.”

Labour will kind of support a People’s Vote but only under certain circumstances. This is an attempt to be all things to all people. It meant Wes Streeting, the MP for Ilford North, could tweet that Labour was a Remain party backing a public vote while Gloria de Piero, who represents a Leave seat in Nottinghamshire, could says its manifesto will not contain a pledge to hold a second referendum. It’s a good thing we don’t live in some fast-paced, digital age where people can see what other people are saying across the country...

I concede, this fudge worked for Labour in the 2017 election and Jeremy Corbyn rode two horses with some skill. Remainers knew there were many in the party who were on their side. And Leavers knew with certainty there was an absolute Brexiteer at the helm. But in that election, Brexit was not in the top three issues that came up on the doorstep — they were cuts to school budgets, the NHS and austerity.

That isn’t the case now. Brexit is a massive concern because it’s been so botched (however you voted) and it’s coming up as parties canvas for not just the Euro elections but tomorrow’s local ones. One frazzled council candidate told me it was a nightmare because voters weren’t at all clear which way Labour leaned and nor were they.

"Labour arrogantly presumes it has unwavering loyalty from its Remainer base, which is dangerous"

This is not ideal. I do sympathise with how hard all this is. Understandably, Labour doesn’t want to give up on those heartland Labour voters who voted Leave, but having knocked on their doors, I suspect that many have already left — ironically because of Corbyn’s strong Left-wing personal views, especially on foreign policy and security. Labour arrogantly presumes unwavering loyalty from its Remainer base, which is dangerous. Corbyn’s head of communications Seumas Milne and other senior figures are banking on the fact that we will always “come home”. But that’s a risk, because once you’ve voted for another party you can get a taste for it.

Just remember what happened to all those safe seats for Labour in Scotland which disappeared so dramatically in 2015. You should never take people for granted — either in life and certainly not in politics.

A good life with my Felicity Kendal FitBit

I have a new obsession, which is both a blessing and a curse. I am a Fitbit bore. I once scoffed at the owners of these pieces of wrist technology until I succumbed — and there’s nothing like the zeal of the convert. Now I’m obsessed with hitting my 10,000 steps and am constantly checking my heart rate, which shoots up to cardiac arrest level during Line of Duty.

I am also tracking my food in an attempt to tackle the squeezed middle (Brexit has been a cruel mistress) using an app called My Fitness Pal, which I can assure you is no friend. When I’m not dashing up the stairs on Tube escalators panting “Excuse me, could I get past?” to poor tourists, I’m hysterically logging my food intake like Rain Man and rhetorically exclaiming: “Ooh — do you know how many calories are in a mini Crunchie?” to absolutely no one — all my friends have deserted me. And I can barely get to sleep as I’m so excited to see what my nocturnal activity will reveal.

So here we are all willingly giving away our most intimate data for free. It’s not healthy.

My Fitbit ran out of charge and I haven’t panicked like that since my Tamagotchi carked it.

I’ve even named her … Felicity. After Felicity Kendal, because someone once said there was a passing resemblance. He was very drunk but I’m still clinging on to it.

Talented Isata’s rise is music to our ears

As we await the royal baby with bated breath (I’m practically having contractions with excitement), the sister of Sheku Kanneh-Mason, the brilliant young cellist who played at Harry and Meghan’s wedding, has been signed by Decca Classics. Isata Kanneh-Mason, a talented pianist who has been playing since the age of five, will release debut album Romance this summer, featuring pieces by composer Clara Schumann to mark the 200th anniversary of her birth.

In an era of political sisters, it’s good to see some other ones get the recognition they deserve.