Boris Johnson’s seat-of-the-pants deal is a damaging hard Brexit that demands the people are given a Final Say

Editorial: Jeremy Corbyn’s sustained wishy-washy position on a confirmatory referendum is one of the key reasons a no-deal Brexit still looms

There is a jokey one-liner circulating around social media following John McDonnell’s recent statement to GQ magazine that he and Jeremy Corbyn will step down if Labour lose the next election: “Another reason not to vote Labour.”

It has more truth in it than Labour might like to admit, languishing as they are 10 points behind the Conservatives. Many would vote Labour if they quit before losing.

The leader himself, on Sky television yesterday, was rather less willing to write his own obituary, preferring instead the time-honoured line that he was not going to lose the next election anyway. The more pertinent point is that he would pushing 80 by the time he had completed another term in opposition and fought and won the general election of, say, 2024, and was completing his own term in No 10.