THERESA MAY’S Chequers plan is in tatters after European Union leaders resoundingly rejected it at last week’s summit in Salzburg, but at least the Prime Minister’s stance on Brexit is clear.

Labour’s policy with regard to the most important political development for a generation has been impossible to pin down, with Jeremy Corbyn seemingly at odds with the vast majority of his party’s members and MPs.

Mr Corbyn has shied away from backing calls for a second referendum on the terms of the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the EU, instead demanding that a general election decides how the country’s departure is concluded.

His party, however, looks likely to support a ‘People’s Vote’ when the matter is discussed at the Labour conference in Liverpool this week.

There have been suggestions that the result of this impasse will be an attempt at a fudge that will leave Labour’s options open for at least another couple of months.

That might be an attractive option for Mr Corbyn, who would like to avoid a confrontation with the wing of the Labour party that brought him to power, but it would be the wrong response for the country.

We need to know what Labour are proposing as an alternative to Mrs May’s plan.

If Mr Corbyn wants to be taken seriously as a future Prime Minister, it is time for him to commit his party to a clear Brexit plan. Sitting on the fence without a coherent policy can no longer be an option.