If you ' re a Lexiteer , it was either a Tory Brexit or no Brexit at all . Labour should ' ve took control of the debate sooner . But the immigration question will haunt Labour no matter what . In the referendum the party took its working class base for fools and acted as if free movement could be reformed if we voted Remain . That was a very low point in the campaign . So it ' s either campaign for soft Brexit , and own up to being profree movement this could present an opportunity of becoming the economically responsible party , or go for hard Brexit and win back those antiimmigration voters but potentially lose others to the Lib Dems . Neither will be universally popular . Sadly I believe we ' ve lost the next general election regardless . Especially with Corbyn at the helm .