Seven routes to a people’s vote on Brexit | Hugo Dixon

There are a number of realistic scenarios in which MPs could consult the people before Britain leaves the EU

When Theresa May says MPs will have the choice between her Brexit deal and crashing out of the EU with no deal, as she did this week in her Panorama interview, she is being neither honest nor democratic. After all, it is parliament, not the prime minister, who is sovereign – and MPs could well decide to ask the people whether they still want to quit the EU.

As the Brexit talks reach their finale, it will be clear that what is on offer isn’t as good as the deal we have got

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