Tag: Brexit Referendum

• Wednesday, May 29th 2019 - 10:07 UTC

  Corbyn ready to back a second referendum on Brexit

  

  Britain's Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn is set to back a second referendum on Brexit and it could be within days, the Mirror newspaper reported late on Tuesday citing senior figures of the party.

• Tuesday, May 7th 2019 - 08:27 UTC

  UK media reports Theresa May preparing options in case talks with Labour fail

  

  British Prime Minister Theresa May has carried out “scenario planning” for a second Brexit referendum in case she is forced by parliament to hold one, the Daily Telegraph newspaper reported on Monday.

• Monday, December 24th 2018 - 08:37 UTC

  Putin calls on Mrs. May not to succumb to calls for a second Brexit referendum

  

  Vladimir Putin has urged Theresa May not to succumb to calls for a second referendum on Brexit. Speaking at his annual question and answer session with journalists, the Russian president questioned whether re-running a vote could be construed as democratic.

• Thursday, December 20th 2018 - 09:21 UTC

  Another Brexit referendum “plausible” if deadlock in Parliament persists

  

  Another Brexit referendum will become a “plausible” way forward if there is deadlock in Parliament, Work and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd has said. She told ITV's Peston show while she did not personally support another vote, the case for one would grow if MPs could not agree another solution.

• Monday, November 5th 2018 - 08:49 UTC

  UK's top lawyers and business leaders have urged for another Brexit referendum

  

  Members of Parliament have been urged to back another Brexit referendum by 1,400 of the UK's top lawyers. They have written to Prime Minister Theresa May to say that Parliament should not be bound by the 2016 vote. “Democratic government is not frozen in time,” the letter said.

• Saturday, November 3rd 2018 - 08:30 UTC

  Backers of Brexit funding campaign investigated for “suspected criminal offences”

  

  Brexit backer Arron Banks is being investigated by the UK’s serious crime agency for “suspected criminal offences” over £8 million of campaign funding during the Brexit referendum.

• Friday, November 2nd 2018 - 08:31 UTC

  Scotland remains strongly Remain and supports vote on a final Brexit deal

  

  Almost two-thirds of Scots believe a second vote on Brexit would result in the UK voting to stay in the European Union, a new poll has found. Research by Survation found 64% found a so-called People’s Vote would reverse the result of the 2016 referendum.

• Friday, August 10th 2018 - 08:32 UTC

  South West England voters back a second referendum on a Brexit deal

  

  Voters in the South West of England back a second referendum on the Brexit deal by a margin of 42% to 35%, according to a new poll. The poll, for the People’s Vote campaign, was released ahead of a day of action by the group across the region on Saturday, culminating in a rally in Bristol.

• Thursday, June 7th 2018 - 07:50 UTC

  Highest rejection level to leaving the EU, records latest UK opinion poll

  

  Disagreement with Britain’s decision to quit the European Union has reached its highest point since the 2016 Brexit referendum, according to a new UK poll. The YouGov survey found 47% of voters thought the decision to leave was wrong, against just 40% who said it was the right thing to do – the widest margin since the weekly survey began two years ago.