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Nfny Should there be a se adidas samba og cond referendum on Brexit Those in favour seem to be growing in number. The Peoples Vote, led by respe yeezy 350 ctive Labour and Tory dissidents Chuka Umunna and Anna Soubry, is campaigning for any final Brexit deal to be put to the electorate. Labour seems to be warming to the idea, while the Liberal Democrats are fully onboard. The Scottish Nationalists are not ruling it out either. Yet there is an obvious difficulty with asking the electorate the simple question, Should the UK accept the deal . If they answer yes, well and good. But if its no, what next Should the UK leave anyway, or remain The trouble stems from the fact that there are three options to choose from: Leave with Deal, Leave with No Deal, and Remain. Indeed, a three-way referendum has already been suggested, by former minister Justine Greening and journalist Andrew Rawnsl asics gel ey, for example. But how exactly would such a referendum work The difficulties have not, I think, been fully appreciated.Winning posts and alternativesIt will be helpful to have some hypothetical numbers to work with here. Suppose Theresa May returns with a deal along the lines of the Chequers agreement, but it pleases neither Remainers nor Leavers: only 18%, in fact, think the UK should leave on these terms. Suppose support for Remain has also fallen a bit since the 2016 referendum, say to 43% 鈥?due to some former Remainers thinking that, having made the decision, we ought to leave. That leaves 39% favouring a No Deal Brexit.T Pxea Strikes by Border Force staff at British airports could go on for months to come if the government refuses to begin talks over pay union lead stanley cup ers have warned.It threat stanley becher ens yet more disruption for travellers into the new year.Nurses in England have also announced two more strike dates in January while postal workers are taking industrial action and more rail strikes are on the way.Share on FacebookShareShare on TwitterTweetShare on stanley cup WhatsAppSendShare on WhatsAppSendShare on WhatsAppEmailLoad more share options |
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