Owen Smith sacked from Labour party frontbench

Owen Smith and Jeremy Corbyn during the contest for the Labour leadership in 2016, which they both contested.The shadow Northern Ireland secretary, Owen Smith, has been sacked by Jeremy Corbyn after advocating a public referendum over the final Brexit deal.Smith, who challenged Corbyn for the party leadership in 2016, wrote an article in the Guardian urging his party to reopen the question of whether Brexit was the right thing for Britain.