Sky News' Lewis Goodall says the move is only keep open theoretical space that no-one believes Labour will ever be able to occupy.
The scenes at today's party conference were exactly the sort of thing that in his day sent shivers down Tony Blair's spine.
What leverage, it was said, could possibly be exerted on Brussels when in advance they knew Britain would reject whatever was offered? A delegate whispered to me that, inadvertently, the motion's proponents had made the vote a"confidence motion in all but name" in Mr Corbyn. As such, delegates were suddenly rallying around.
Losing would be bad enough but the question of the validity of the result will be remembered and it will fester. They will say that this was a moment where Jeremy Corbyn's Labour actively rejected Remain, that they kept the option of a Brexit, even if it is a Labour one, on the table.
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