In a statement the bespectacled Bilko impersonator said; 

“Just like on the issue of Europe, many people wanted a different outcome. I’d be prepared to campaign again for that outcome, for a stronger Labour party so that we can unite and become an effective government in waiting”.

Had he have won the challenge against Jeremy Corbyn, Mr. Smith would have fought for a second referendum on leaving Europe saying; 

“We would have had that debate again and again until got the result I wanted.”