Theresa May will never endorse a people’s vote. But enough Tory MPs might, if the alternative looks unpatriotic
Labour, the movement that prizes members’ democracy above all else, is now strongly in favour of a people’s vote on Brexit: that is the collective decision hovering over the party’s annual conference in Liverpool, and it speaks well of the wisdom of the Labour crowd.
According to a new YouGov poll, 86% of party members want a say on Britain’s future relationship with the EU, and 90% of them would vote remain in such a referendum. Though Labour undoubtedly captured many formerly Ukip votes in last year’s general election by promising to implement the result of the original 2016 vote, its rank and file now supports a second vote on Brexit. And that is by a margin of 24 percentage points greater than they gave Jeremy Corbyn in his contest against Owen Smith two years ago.
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