The veteran Labour politician Roy Hattersley has come out in favour
of a second Brexit referendum, just days before Theresa May is expected
to lose a parliamentary vote on the withdrawal agreement she reached with Brussels in November.
He said the “vast majority” of Labour members wanted the party to campaign for a new referendum if Jeremy Corbyn’s calls for an early general election to break the Brexit impasse did not materialise.
Hattersley, 86, who was a minister in the Harold Wilson and Jim Callaghan governments, will declare his support for the People’s Vote campaign in a speech in Sheffield on Saturday.
Parliamentary support for a second referendum is unlikely to be tested until after next week’s crucial vote, as campaigners weigh up the best moment to try to win over the Labour leadership.
Read more: Roy Hattersley backs second Brexit vote to 'enfranchise the young' | Politics | The Guardian
He said the “vast majority” of Labour members wanted the party to campaign for a new referendum if Jeremy Corbyn’s calls for an early general election to break the Brexit impasse did not materialise.
Hattersley, 86, who was a minister in the Harold Wilson and Jim Callaghan governments, will declare his support for the People’s Vote campaign in a speech in Sheffield on Saturday.
Parliamentary support for a second referendum is unlikely to be tested until after next week’s crucial vote, as campaigners weigh up the best moment to try to win over the Labour leadership.
Read more: Roy Hattersley backs second Brexit vote to 'enfranchise the young' | Politics | The Guardian
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