Demand for a second Brexit referendum on the final deal negotiated by Theresa May is “growing” as the damaging impact of leaving the European Union becomes clearer, Labour’s leader in Brussels has said. Richard Corbett, who leads the party’s group of MEPs in the European Parliament, said a referendum could be called if the House of Commons voted down the withdrawal agreement, a state of affairs he said would lead to a “ratification crisis”. The Labour chief’s comments come a week after John McDonnell, the shadow chancellor, said Labour had not ruled out a second referendum, or “any form of democratic engagement” on Brexit – though he said his preference was for a general election. Read more UK holding up Brexit talks with lack of clarity, Michel Barnier says Brexit Secretary David Davis himself admitted that MPs are likely to reject the Brexit deal in the autumn unless an agreement on future trade with the EU has also been secured. “There is a demand that seems to be growing in Britain for a referendum on the actual deal once a deal is made on the withdrawal agreement, assuming one is made. Opinion polls show growing support for that,” Mr Corbett said at… Read full this story
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