Brexit: Labour 'must keep open' option of second referendum

Shadow Brexit secretary Keir Starmer says remain option should be on the ballot paper

Labour must keep open the option of a second EU referendum with remain on the ballot paper, the shadow Brexit secretary Keir Starmer has said.

After Theresa May’s Brexit deal was overwhelmingly voted down on Tuesday, leaving Labour as potential kingmakers in shaping the nature of Britain’s exit from the European Union, Starmer said Labour must either instruct the government to negotiate a close economic relationship with the EU based on a customs union, or campaign for a further public vote.

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from The Guardian http://bit.ly/2U35pXl
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