Labour announce backing for a second Brexit referendum

[brooklynite]

Source: Sky News

Labour have announced they will back a second referendum on Brexit to prevent a "damaging Tory Brexit".

Jeremy Corbyn will tell a meeting of Labour MPs that the party will support or put forward an amendment in favour of a public vote, if MPs reject the party's Brexit alternative in a Commons vote on Wednesday.

"The prime minister is recklessly running down the clock, in an attempt to force MPs to choose between her botched deal and a disastrous no-deal," he is due to tell them.

Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/labour-announce-backing-for-a-second-brexit-referendum-11648217

[LisaM]

1. High time.

I hope they hold it - this stubborn insistence on pushing through something most people, in the cold light of day, realized they didn't want, was baffling to me.

[cstanleytech]

5. Or even what only a slim majority wanted was silly. What they should have done was set the

threshold for the vote to leave at 60% or higher that way it avoids dividing the country.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

8. There was a lot of three-party meddling btwn Russia, BrExiteers, & tRump Campaign. . . . nt

[LisaM]

11. Yes, there was, and to repeal Brexit would be a wound to all of those players.

I really hope it happens.

[comradebillyboy]

2. Corbyn seems to be a completely incompetent leader.

He can't secure an electoral victory over the most inept Tory government since WW2. It's about time he finally decided to support a new vote.

[Javaman]

3. John Oliver had a great piece on this last week, a new vote would be wonderful...but....

according to Oliver, England faceplants in 5 weeks, and it would take 22 weeks to implement a revote.

you do the math.

[Adrahil]

7. I think it's possible that if Parliament announced a revote...

... that the EU would agree to an extension pending the results of the vote.,

[PatSeg]

10. There was a post earlier

where a representative from Turkey said, that the EU was willing to extend the deadline in order to give the UK a chance to get its priorities straight.

[Javaman]

17. that would be great, but one thing is standing in the way: may.

she's a halfwit.

[PatSeg]

18. Yep, I think that was mentioned as well

What a mess!

[nitpicker]

4. Link to BBC

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-47363307

[Recursion]

6. Three things this does NOT mean

1. That Parliament will agree to a 2nd vote

2. That Remain will win a 2nd vote

3. That Parliament would honor the result if it did

[Bernardo de La Paz]

9. Sure, but it is likely Remain would win a second vote, a real vote w/out Russian / Bannon meddling.

[Recursion]

12. A second vote will also have Russian meddling (nt)

[LisaM]

13. And with a better turnout.

Lazy turnout was a problem the first time around (probably some suppressed, too). A lot of people didn't think it would pass, and a lot of people who didn't show up to the polls were younger (who then turned around and blamed older voters, even though their own participation would have made a difference).

[Bernardo de La Paz]

14. Yes, a lot of social media suppressing voters or urging them to vote Exit to "send a message".

Yeah, young doufusses got the message, after the vote, that their vote to Exit as a "safe" way to send a message would deny them a future of free movement and opportunities.

[muriel_volestrangler]

15. No - it was the highest turnout for a national vote in at least 20 years

see https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=11862747

[LisaM]

16. I stand corrected.

(Although I did look at a chart with a surprising number of people not even registered). I was going off numbers reported that only 36% of millennial voters had showed, but further reports show that information was probably faulty.

[BlueIdaho]

19. Lots of promises were made should Brexit pass...

Most of them disappeared before the legislation hit the first hurdle. As things stand now, it’s just a disaster waiting to happen.