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For any copyright, please send me a message.   Jeremy Corbyn faced a backlash from MPs after he suggested Labour could wait until after a general election its position in a second referendum.  A policy statement put forward by the Labour Part leader to the ruling National Executive Committee (NEC) sets out a plan for a Labour government to reach a deal with Brussels in three months which would then be put to a referendum.    Labour's stance in that referendum would then be settled in a special conference after a general election.  But the move has angered Labour MPs and activists who are pushing for the party to throw its weight behind the remain cause now.  More than 90 constituency Labour parties have submitted Brexit motions to conference - the majority of which back Remain.  At the start of the conference in Brighton, shadow Treasury minister Clive Lewis said: "This move is just plain wrong. How can this be defended?  "We, the left, took over the leadership of this party promising internal democracy, promising a new kind of politics.   "And yet here we are, with a leadership apparently determined to shut down democratic debate on the crucial issue of the day, probably relying on union bloc votes to outvote the members.   "It's not what we signed up for. We now need to rally on the conference floor - if it passes, delegates should mobilise to vote against the NEC statement so the Brexitmotions can be heard and democratically debated."   Speaking at the People's Vote rally on the Brighton seafront, shadow foreign secretary  Emily Thornberry said Labour should lead the campaign to Remain in the EU if there is a second referendum.  She added: "We're not going to let it happen that we crash out of Europe without a deal.  "We must make sure that there is a second referendum and Remain is on the ballot paper and Labour campaigns for Remain - and not just that, Labour should lead the campaign."   Addressing press reports that Labour shadow cabinet members were looking to back Remain, Ms  Thornberry  said: "No sh** Sherlock."  Scores of motions have been submitted to the party conference calling for Labour to back remain, and campaigners fear the NEC statement - which has yet to be signed off - will shut down debate on the issue.   But Shadow Brexit  secretary Sir Keir Starmer dismissed the move - saying it was the beginning of a process to develop the party's position over conference.  He told the Mirror it was a "huge step forward" that the party was "committed to a referendum in which Remain and a Brexit deal that can actually be negotiated are on the ballot paper", regardless of the proposed change by the leader.   Sir Keir said that he would personally campaign for Remain but asked about whether it would be o

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