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UK’s Labor to back call for second Brexit referendum
    2019-02-27  08:53    Shenzhen Daily

BRITAIN’S opposition Labor Party said Monday it would back calls for a second referendum on Brexit if parliament rejects its alternative plan for leaving the European Union.

With just over a month until Britain is due to leave the bloc March 29, Prime Minister Theresa May is seeking changes to her exit deal in order to break an impasse in parliament.

Labor’s decision could damage her hopes of winning support for a revised deal in a vote she has promised by March 12, by attracting those who would have backed her agreement in order to avoid a no-deal exit but who would prefer a second referendum.

Labor said it would put forward an amendment to the Brexit deal calling on the government to adopt its proposals, which include a permanent customs union with the EU and close alignment with the bloc’s single market.

“If Parliament rejects our plan, then Labor will deliver on the promise we made at our annual conference and support a public vote,” Labor’s Brexit spokesman Keir Starmer said.

Parliament is not expected to back Labor’s Brexit plan and it remains unclear whether there is a majority in parliament in favor of holding a second referendum.

Yesterday, May faced the threat of more ministerial resignations over her refusal to rule out the possibility of Britain leaving the European Union without a deal. Three junior ministers penned a letter in the Daily Mail urging May to delay Brexit if she fails to win concessions from Brussels.

The warning came after three more senior ministers published a similar letter over the weekend.

“We implore the government to take that step this week,” the ministers said in yesterday’s letter. The letter was also signed by business minister Richard Harrington and energy minister Claire Perry. The Daily Mail said 23 Conservative “dissidents” secretly met Monday to plot strategy. It said that as many as 15 ministers were “said to be ready to resign.”

The rebel ministers are all backing a proposal that would force May to set a new Brexit date if she fails to get better terms on the disputed issue of the Irish border.   (SD-Agencies)

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