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LABOUR’s amendment to Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit plan does not specifically commit the party to a second referendum on European Union membership, shadow business secretary Rebecca Long-Bailey confirmed today.
The carefully worded amendment tabled last night would ensure that Parliament has enough time to debate and vote on all options, she told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme.
The amendment does not “in any way” mean that the party backs a second referendum, she added, but states that MPs should be given the option next week of backing a national vote as a last resort.
Starmer sabotaged Labour with his second referendum campaign, mobilising a liberal backlash that sincerely felt progressive ideals were at stake — but the EU was then and is now an entity Britain should have nothing to do with, explains NICK WRIGHT
‘People up and down the country are asking whose side is the Labour government on and coming up with the answer: not workers,’ Unite general secretary Sharon Graham says
