Labour’s road to a people’s vote starts in Liverpool | William Keegan

As it prepares for its annual conference, it is time for the party to abandon its lame acceptance of the EU referendum result

Is this year's Labour conference in Liverpool going to rise to the occasion and put the party firmly on the road to stopping Brexit?

With mounting support among trade unionists for a "people's vote", it would be a welcome outcome if what my old friend and Observer colleague Alan Watkins called "the people's party" finally got its act together in the interests of the country and all working people.

Leaving the EU would do absolutely nothing to alleviate the concerns of "left-behind" voters