Labour is moving towards a compromise plan that would allow Theresa May’s Brexit deal to pass but make clear that parliament “withholds support” until it has been put to a public vote, according to multiple party sources.
Those involved in talks said the Labour leadership was in favour of a redrafted amendment proposed by backbenchers Peter Kyle and Phil Wilson, which would see the party abstain on the Brexit deal if a second referendum were promised on those terms.
Kyle said he was now confident the Labour leadership would back his rewritten amendment, along with a number of Conservative MPs, meaning there was an increasing prospect it would succeed. “I have every reason to believe that this will get the necessary support when the time comes,” he said.
So, Labour abstains on May's deal, only if she agrees to a second referendum.
A second referendum would meet French concerns that there need to be good reasons to put A50 on hold.
Corbyn might just have played a blinder here - nullifying the ERG, getting a People's Vote and potentially killing Brexit. Oh, and looking more like our next PM.
Happy Stooo?
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... ublic-vote