Published: February 25, 2019
Labour leader tells MPs party will back second referendum as last resort to stop Tory deal
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Jeremy Corbyn has finally thrown his party’s weight behind a second EU referendum, backing moves for a fresh poll with remain on the ballot paper if Labour should fail to get its own version of a Brexit deal passed this week.
The decision to give the party’s backing to a second referendum comes after a concerted push by shadow Brexit secretary Keir Starmer and deputy leader Tom Watson, who fear any further delay could have led to a slew of further defections to the new breakaway Independent Group (TIG), whose members all back a second referendum.
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