Labour MPs joined thousands of people to march through Liverpool shouting bollocks to Brexit and call for a Peoples Vote on the final deal.
The marchers waved EU flags and shouted its not a done deal just hours after leader Jeremy Corbyn said he would back a second referendum on Brexit if his party members called for it.
The crowds marched from St Georges Hall to a rally at Pier Head, close to where the Labour conference is taking place, to shout: Hey Jeremy, take a note, for the many, Peoples Vote.
Tottenham MP David Lammy and peer Lord Adonis were among the speakers while MP Luciana Berger led the march.
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There was also a short speech by former Everton and England footballer Peter Reid.
It came after Mr Corbyn said he would be bound by the decision of Labours conference on the question of whether the party will back a second Brexit referendum on the final deal – the so-called Peoples Vote.
Mr Lammy greeted the crowd outside the iconic Royal Liver Building on the bank of the Mersey by asking: Are you listening Jeremy Corbyn?
To cheers from the crowd he said: They are saying squarely to the leadership of the Labour Party “listen to us, hear us, give us a Peoples Vote”.
This is a historic moment for our party.
We can sit back and allow the Tory government to wreck our country through Brexit.
Or we can listen to our members and back a #PeoplesVote, which gives the option to remain in the EU. pic.twitter.com/4M1aM32kwt
— David Lammy (@DavidLammy) September 23, 2018
He described the country as being at a tipping point and faced with a resurgence in the radical right, adding: This cannot be a Labour Party that allows others to wreck our country and stand with the far right.
Mr Corbyn, appearing earlier on Sunday on BBC1s Andrew Marr Show, had been asked whether he would feel obliged to respect a vote by delegates to support a second referendum.
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He replied: Lets see what comes out of conference. Obviously Im bound by the democracy of our party.
The Labour leader said there would be a vote on Brexit at the Liverpool conference, but said it was not yet known exactly what question would be put to delegates.
There will be a clear vote in the conference. I dont know whats going to come out of all the compositing meetings that are going on, he said.
He declined to say which way he would vote in any new in-or-out poll, while pointing out that he backed Remain in the 2016 referendum.
Manuel Cortes, general secretary of the TSSA union, told the crowd that he supported Mr Corbyn, and said: If there is one thing I know about Jeremy Corbyn its that he respects democracy.
When conference votes to say Labour should campaign for a Peoples Vote on the terms of Brexit he will go along with it.
Lord Adonis told the crowd: The only good Brexit is a dead Brexit.
There is no such thing as a good Brexit because Brexit means trashing jobs, trashing Ireland, trashing the young and our socialist values.
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