REMAINERS have been calling for a second EU referendum since the moment Britain voted to leave on 23 June 2016.
While Theresa May has continually ruled out holding a second vote, former Cabinet members, arch-Brexiteers and prominent public personalities have all thrown their weight behind another vote on our EU status. Here’s the latest.
Will there be a second referendum?
While a number of politicians and celebrities have added their voice to growing calls for a second referendum this has always been rejected by Downing Street.
In September 2018 the mayor of Manchester Andy Burnham backed a second Brexit vote if there was a no-deal scenario – but warned it could trigger social unrest.
Theresa May’s official spokesman has said: “The British people have voted to leave the EU and there is not going to be a second referendum under any circumstances.”
It could depend on how Brits perceive Parliamentary squabbles over Mrs May’s Chequers deal.
Theresa May called on Jeremy Corbyn to rule out a second vote on EU membership during PMQs, but the Labour leader failed to respond.
Labour has been in a muddle over the issue too — with the leadership refusing to commit to a call for a second vote despite cries from centrist MPs and members.
A sizeable section in the party want a second referendum and pressure is mounting on the left-wing leader.
The GMB, one of the UK’s biggest trade unions, called for a vote on the final Brexit deal.
Later in September 2018, Mayor of London Sadiq Khan dramatically called for another EU referendum — saying that people must be given the opportunity to reject Brexit.
The Mayor of London, who is an avowed remainer, argued Britain is facing either a bad deal or “no deal” which he says will hit jobs and living standards.
Referring to the worst case scenerios, Mr Khan said: “They are both incredibly risky and I don’t believe Theresa May has the mandate to gamble so flagrantly with the British economy and people’s livelihoods.”
What did Labour’s John McDonnell say?
Party bosses have hinted they’ll back a second referendum – but Jeremy Corbyn’s closest ally, John McDonnell, has ruled out keeping Britain in the EU.
Labour bigwigs set out a new policy which could see the party supporting a fresh referendum if Theresa May refuses to call a General Election.
But the policy was blown apart just hours later when Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell suggested the second referendum wouldn’t include an option to remain in the EU.
Speaking on the BBC’s Today programme, the hard-left veteran said: “We’ve said we want a people’s vote if we can’t get a General Election.
“We accept the last referendum – we want a General Election, if we can’t get that we want some form of democratic option.”
Asked what form a second referendum would take, Mr McDonnell said: “It will be on the deal itself. We will respect the referendum.”
Speaking to ITV’s Good Morning Britain, he added: “It will be about whether you accept the deal or not or whether you send people back to negotiate a proper deal.”
And he told BBC Radio 5 Live: “My big worry is that if we go for a referendum which is seen as just a simple re-run we could divide the country again, we could get almost the same result or if it’s slightly different that people demand another referendum.”
Timeline in the build-up of pressure for a second referendum
- January 2018 The former Ukip leader Nigel Farage said on Channel5’s The Wright Stuff he was considering calling for a second referendum as a way to kill off the topic once and for all.
- March 2018 Leave.EU was fined £70,000 for failing to declare “at least” £77,380 it had spent on campaigning.
- April 2018 The campaign group People’s Vote was started with Labour MP Chuka Umunna at its head, along with three other members of parliament and the actor Patrick Stewart.
- July 2018 Theresa May’s cabinet agrees her latest Brexit strategy, known as the Chequers Plan.
- July 2018 The Electoral Commission fined the Vote Leave campaign group £61,000 after it said it had broken electoral law by exceeding its spending limit.
- July 2018 Shadow Brexit Secretary Sir Keir Starmer said Labour should back a second vote on EU membership if MPs rejected Theresa May’s final deal with Brussels.
- September 2018 Tony Blair, in an interview with Euronews, said the government’s Brexit proposal was “doomed to fail”. He warned May’s proposal was “the worst of both worlds and will satisfy nobody.”
- September 2018 Former Education Secretary Justine Greening said Chequers Brexit plan was “more unpopular than the poll tax”.
- September 2018 Sadiq Khan called for another EU referendum because he believes the people must be given the chance to reject Brexit.
- September 2018 Leaders of Czech Republic and Malta call on Theresa May to commit to a second referendum at a summit in Salzburg.
- September 2018 Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn says his party is open to the idea of a second referendum and said that his party would be prepared to vote down Theresa May’s final deal if it “didn’t meet their tests”.
- September 2018 Party bosses have hinted they’ll back a second referendum – but Jeremy Corbyn’s closest ally, John McDonnell, has ruled out keeping Britain in the EU
What have polls indicated?
A poll carried out by NatCen and The UK in Changing Europe revealed 59 percent of voters would now vote to remain in the EU, while 41 percent would opt to leave.
The author of the poll John Curtice urged caution over the finding.
He said the interview panel was skewed towards remain, and that some of the shift was among those who did not take part in the original Brexit referendum.
When was the first EU referendum?
The first referendum on EU membership took place in 1975.
Two-thirds of voters (67.23 per cent) backed the continued membership of the European Economic Community, which the UK had joined only two years before.
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Under Harold Wilson’s leadership, the Labour Party was trying to present to the public a different version of EEC membership to get a better deal.
The EEC was integrated into the European Union after it was created in 1993.
In the summer of 2016, Britain voted to leave the EU after 17.4million people backed Leave compared to 16.1million Remain voters.
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