Tom Watson thinks Labour should back Remain, but the real solution is a Final Say

The electorate, now that it sees what Brexit means, is coming to the conclusion that a soft Brexit is not something they especially want – it is the worst of all worlds

Labour is being squeezed by the Liberal Democrats and by Greens, nationalists and the Brexit Party (Reuters)

Well, someone had to say it. Someone, that is, towards the top of the Labour Party. Even if the party’s actual leader studiously and stubbornly refuses to accept the reality of his party’s views on Brexit, at least his deputy, Tom Watson, is brave enough to do so.

He should be reassured that, while his outspoken remarks may not endear him to Jeremy Corbyn and the curious clique that surrounds him, he speaks for many, many millions of Labour supporters, members, voters and parliamentarians from Cardiff Bay to Brussels. They have been heartbroken by their party’s betrayal of its European values.

It is in fact little more than a truism – though a powerful and hazardous one – to repeat in today’s Labour Party that Labour members’ “hearts are Remain” and, more to the point, it is not too late to reverse the UK’s exit from the European Union.