Will @OwenSmith_MP try to stop Brexit if he becomes Labour leader? “It’s tempting” he says #marrhttps://t.co/AFeJwCyATI

— The Andrew Marr Show (@MarrShow) July 17, 2016

Labour leadership contender Owen Smith says it would be “tempting” not to trigger Article 50 and thereby block Brexit. Smith also wants a second EU referendum. This rhetoric might appeal to Europhile members of the PLP but it is completely at odds with Labour members and voters. In Labour seats across the north up to 70% voted to Leave. A new ComRes poll shows voters oppose a second referendum by 57% to 29%. Surely Labour MPs know Smith’s approach would be suicide…