Over the weekend Jeremy Corbyn said he would not be prepared to overturn Brexit. He said:

I think we’ve had a referendum, a decision has been made, you have to respect the decision people made. We were given the choice, we after all supported holding a referendum so we must abide by the decision.

In comparison Owen Smith has committed himself to offering a second referendum if elected as Labour Leader.

Sal Brinton, President of the Liberal Democrats, has has responded to Corbyn’s comments:

Jeremy Corbyn was virtually invisible during the referendum campaign. He has hauled up the white flag on Europe, sacrificing worker rights, environment protection, economic prosperity and perhaps freedom of British people to live and work on the Continent.

Jeremy Corbin is clear favourite to win his leadership race, so this is likely to become the Labour stance.

I know many decent pro-Europeans in the Labour Party who will be devastated by how he has rolled over.

Since the referendum, 18,000 members have joined the Liberal Democrats, making our party the largest it has been this century. People have responded to our positive message, which is that we will be the only UK-wide party that will go into the next election still determined to defend our European future.