The opposition Labour party is hinting at a second ‘public vote’ as the chaos of a no-deal Brexit looms on the horizon. The EU’s Donald Tusk has said it would be “rational” to postpone the date.
On Monday evening, the Labour Party said it would back a public vote if parliament rejected the party’s alternative plan for leaving the bloc.
“This week Labour will put its alternative plan for a vote in the House of Commons,” Brexit spokesman Keir Starmer said on Twitter. “If Parliament rejects our plan, then Labour will deliver on the promise we made at our annual conference and support a public vote.”
Shadow Foreign Secretary Emily Thornberry told Channel 4 news: “We would have a referendum on whatever deal may or may not pass through parliament, and we would be saying to people — ‘Do you want this? Or do you want to Remain?’ It would be a confirmation referendum, a bit like what happened with the Good Friday Agreement.”