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Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn said he believes the best way to resolve the current Brexit deadlock is a General Election, but he would support a second Brexit vote if party members call for it. Unite union boss and Corbyn ally Len McCluskey told Pienaar’s Politics live from the Labour Party Conference: “The referendum shouldn’t be on ‘do you want to go back into the European Union?’” BBC 5 Live host John Pienaar said: “That you shouldn’t go back into the European Union?” In response, Mr McCluskey blasted: “No, because the people have already decided on that. We very rarely have referendums in this country.

The referendum shouldn’t be on ‘do you want to go back into the European Union?’ Len McCluskey

“The people have decided against my wishes and my union’s wishes but they have decided. “So, if the parliamentarians, the spineless Tory MPs lose the courage of their convictions and won’t vote against whatever deal comes back then my union and Labour’s policy at the moment is to say ‘if you’re incapable of carrying out your functions in Parliament, we should take the deal back to the people.” Mr Corbyn promised that there would be a ‘clear’ vote on whether Labour should formally back a so-called ‘people’s vote’ on the final Brexit deal and that he would respect the outcome decided upon by his party membership. He told the BBC: "There will be a clear vote in conference, I don’t know what is going to come out of the meetings that are going on.

Brexit news: Union boss Len McCluskey says second vote should not allow option to Remain