BREXIT SHOCK: MPs to vote TONIGHT on giving public second referendum
Speaker John Bercow made the shock decision to select an amendment to tonight’s motion which could lead to a re-run of the 2016 vote. The amendment was tabled by The Independent Group’s former Conservative MP Sarah Wollaston and represents the House of Commons’ first chance to formally air their view on holding a second referendum. MPs will begin a series of votes from 7pm on a number of amendments before deciding on the main motion of whether to extend Article 50 and delay Brexit. The second referendum amendment would order Theresa May to request an Article 50 extension “for the purposes of legislating for and conducting a public vote in which the people of the United Kingdom may give their consent" on whether to leave the European Union with a deal or remain in the bloc. The Wollaston amendment is supported by some Labour MPs, the Scottish National Party, the Liberal Democrats, Plaid Cymru and others in the Independent Group. However the amendment is not expected to pass unless Jerem...
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