EU referendum, brexit and the aftermath

Starmer said:

Unlike the Tories, Labour will not sacrifice jobs and the economy in the pursuit of a reckless and extreme interpretation of the referendum result,

The plan seems to be that Labour will sacrifice jobs and the economy in the pursuit of a reckless and exteme attempt to keep the Labour party intact because

key members of the shadow cabinet (and quite a few backbenchers with pro-leave constituencies) believe the referendum result revealed that voters want to see immigration control on a scale incompatible with free movement

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jun/06/what-is-keir-starmers-internal-market-brexit-proposal