IF anyone knows what Labour’s position on Brexit, please tell shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry. On the BBC’s Question Time she said she would try to get a better deal from the EU, then she would campaign in a referendum to Remain.

Fellow panellist Iain Dale chortled: ‘Do you have any idea how ridiculous that sounds to everybody else? You think people are going to vote for you on that basis? Have you no shame?’

You can read a report here and watch the section of the broadcast here.