Anatole Kaletsky, one of the first economists to point out the severity of the Northern Rock crisis, has been emailing round telling people to sign up to Labour to get Owen Smith elected so he can block Brexit. Smith’s support for a second EU referendum has inspired the Europhile economist to send this email to friends:

“If a Second Referendum becomes official policy of the Labour Party, SNP, Liberals, Greens etc will join in and this demand will prove very hard to resist for the Tories, even if Theresa May survives as Prime Minister (which I think is no more than a 50% probability).”

He has also been tweeting his 10,000 followers the same:

Get a second referendum on Brexit by helping Owen Smith beat Corbyn for Labour leader. Join for £25 by 5 pm TODAY: https://t.co/A597ODzkiI

— Anatole Kaletsky (@Kaletsky) July 20, 2016

Alternatively, Vote Corbyn, save Brexit…