UK's Labour forced into backing second Brexit vote by May's actions: finance spokesman

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Britain's opposition Labour Party does not want a second Brexit referendum ...

John McDonnell, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, appears on BBC TV's The Andrew Marr Show in London, Britain February 17, 2019. Jeff Overs/BBC/Handout via REUTERS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. NOT FOR USE MORE THAN 21 DAYS AFTER ISSUE.

LONDON - Britain’s opposition Labour Party does not want a second Brexit referendum but has been forced into supporting one by Prime Minister Theresa May running down the clock on negotiations, Labour’s finance spokesman John McDonnell said on Sunday. This week Labour said it would back a second referendum in order to try to prevent either a ‘no deal’ or May’s deal. With less than a month until Britain is due to leave on March 29, May is yet to win parliament’s approval for her deal.

“We have been forced into this by Theresa May delaying, running down the clock,” McDonnell told Sky News, saying Labour is still pushing to get its alternative Brexit plan adopted. “If we can’t get that we will have to break the log jam by going back to the people. It is not what we want but it is what we have been forced into.”

 

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Not because it's party policy then.

Let the people vote. No one can say they lack info now.

Change your mind for us please, we really can't cope with the work load being DONE by the EU.

This guy is really fun. His trademark catchphrase is 'I'm John McDonnel, and my job is to abolish capitalism.'

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