Does the Labour split make a fresh referendum more likely?

Analysis: The rebel MPs were unwilling to go along with a referendum campaign that accepted the Labour leadership’s ambiguity over a new vote, as Joe Watts explains

Young campaigners deface a Labour Party billboard, calling for a fresh vote (AP)

The tears in Chris Leslie’s eyes as he announced his resignation from the Labour Party spoke to the severity of the split Westminster witnessed on Monday.

But while the rupture over antisemitism, Brexit and Jeremy Corbyn’s values is stark, the press conference also pointed to a major rift in another, younger movement.

It first became clear a couple of weeks back when Chuka Umunna and Luciana Berger held a press conference outside parliament castigating Mr Corbyn for failing to back a people’s vote.