Jeremy Corbyn was light night hit with a question he didn’t like – did he *really* vote Remain in the EU referendum, or did he sneakily vote leave, the sly fox?

For a champion of straight-talking, it him an oddly long time to answer Owen Smith, but he did eventually get there:

So, Jeremy Corbyn says he voted Remain. But Jeremy Corbyn says a lot of things.

He then tried to paint scepticism of his Euroscepticism as a fringe pursuit taken up by the darkest right-wing monsters, declaring with a smirk: “The only people who raised that question were actually the Daily Mail at the time.”

Jeremy Corbyn says only the Mail doubts his dedication to Europe.

Jeremy Corbyn says a lot of things (especially about trains).

In fact the Jeremy4Leave truthers include the Labour party’s Chris Bryant, the political editor of the New Statesman… and his own brother.

Four days after the result, Heat Street conducted a thorough review of the evidence.

Here we present our findings again. Readers, decide for yourself:

Labour MP: I ‘suspect’ he went Leave

Chris Bryant raised the prospect live on TV. Speaking on Sky News, he said that he asked Corbyn to his face whether he voted remain – and got no reply.

Admittedly, he was busy effecting a shadow cabinet revolt (or is it a Zionist plot?!?) on the dear leader at the time – so has good reason to talk up a Corbyn betrayal.

Rhondda MP Chris Bryant says he thinks Jeremy Corbyn may have voted Leave. Says he asked him but he wouldn't answer.

— Mark Hutchings (@markhutchings1) June 27, 2016

The Times: Corbyn himself said it two weeks ago

Britain’s newspaper of record asserted that Corbyn was telling people in a south London tapas bar about his intention to vote Leave this time last week.

They report a claim from diner Martin Waplington, who claims to have asked Corbyn about his intentions and being told it was for leave.

The Times acknowledges its source was an MP – presumably a freshly-resigned member of the shadow cabinet – so a sniff of agenda there too.

Labour press office: Definitely Remain

There's speculation about whether Corbyn voted Remain or Leave – his office says, as he tweeted on Thusday, he voted Remain

— Laura Kuenssberg (@bbclaurak) June 27, 2016

Obviously the official party response is “deny, deny, deny”.

But Corbyn, crucially, has been very reluctant to address it directly on camera – and has a rich history of Euroscepticism to support the thesis. He is also being dragged over hot coals for allegedly sabotaging the Remain campaign:

Latest: Jeremy Corbyn's staff did not attend ANY of the Labour remain meetings at all.

— Vincent McAviney (@VinnyITV) June 27, 2016

New Statesman political editor: ‘Near-certain’ Leave

The Statesman is practically Labour’s house journal, so you’d hope his political editor would know.

It seems close pals are briefing that Corbyn was for Leave.

I'm now near-certain that Corbyn voted Leave. Hear papers have more tomorrow.

— George Eaton (@georgeeaton) June 27, 2016

Piers Corbyn: He’d never vote to Remain

Corbyn’s own brother – a die-hard outer who spent referendum day agreeing with people saying “don’t listen to Corbyn. He doesn’t believe a word he’s saying” – was also clear.

Corbyn the elder told Guido Fawkes: “Jeremy would not vote to remain.”

Corbyn’s twitter: Look at me, I just voted Remain

I've just voted to Remain. The EU provides the best framework to meet the challenges of our time #LabourInForBritain pic.twitter.com/tzhvyBbLsY

— Jeremy Corbyn MP (@jeremycorbyn) June 23, 2016

Presumably posted by a spin doctor who may well not have actually asked Corbyn how he had just voted. The sly dog.