Exclusive: 97% Of Labour Activists Back ‘Remain Alliance’ Election Pact

The chances of the UK crashing out of the European Union without a deal on October 31 have increased dramatically since Johnson was crowned PM. 

The government has ramped up no-deal preparations and Johnson, who was in Berlin to meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday, remains at loggerheads with EU leaders over the Northern Irish customs backstop. 

But while a pro-Remain alliance is favoured by Swinson and leaders of other small parties, there is little prospect it would get off the ground because Corbyn is likely to pledge at the next election that he will negotiate a “Labour Brexit deal”. 

Corbyn has backed holding a second referendum should Labour win the next general election. 

As it stands, Labour could ask its voters to get behind its renegotiated Brexit deal in any new plebiscite – a strategy which is dividing the leadership – rather Remain, which was its official stance in the 2016 referendum. 

Shadow cabinet figures, including Tom Watson, Diane Abbott, John McDonnell and Emily Thornberry, have broken ranks to reveal they would campaign for Remain over any Labour Brexit deal. 

It is also unclear whether Johnson will plump for a snap general election pre-Brexit, with much depending on last-minute talks with Brussels. 

If new attempts at a renegotiation fail, however, and the country is headed for a no-deal Brexit, Corbyn has said he will table a vote of no-confidence in Johnson, which, if successful, may force his hand. 

No-deal opponents could also attempt to wrest control of the parliamentary agenda in order to pass legislation that would compel Johnson to seek an extension to Article 50. 

On Wednesday, Corbyn invited fellow opposition leaders and senior MPs to a meeting, due to take place on Tuesday, to discuss how a cross-party alliance in the Commons could stop the UK from crashing out of the bloc. 

He said: “The country is heading into a constitutional and political storm, so it is vital that we meet urgently, before parliament returns.”