” Not yet. First, it is required to build a majority for such a proposal in the parliament. And before you do, want the Labour party to make a final attempt to force Theresa May to change direction and open for a permanent customs union with the EU, something the prime minister has so far rejected categorically.
Read more: Corbyn opens the door for new referendum
– the Labour party think on Wednesday also vote for a proposal that would force May apply for a delayed EU exit if she does not have an agreement finalised by 13 march. But Jeremy Corbyn is now prepared to give the green light for a second referendum, raises the stakes and makes the playoffs in the Brexitdramat more unpredictable.
– one option would most likely be the new draft skilsmässoavtal with the EU, which May soon be expected to put on the parliament’s table. But what then becomes the other option? A postponement of the Brexit? A avtalslös Brexit? Or no Brexit at all?
– Many of the drivers for the requirement for a second referendum, hoping to stop the EU-exit, and would therefore have to ”remain” on the ballot. But Jeremy Corbyn is worried about a svekdebatt among the traditional Labourväljare in the north of England that voted to leave the EU in the summer of 2016. A battle on the question of the new referendum has therefore already begun.
Tusk: a Rational solution to shoot up Brexit
– In the last week jumped nine mps in the Labour party and formed an independent group in parliament, together with a few EU friendly Tory mps. The pressure increased dramatically at the Corbyn. Defectors have accused him of a lack of clarity on anti-semitism in the party, in order to have polarized the party by his vänstergir, and to have betrayed the Labour party’s congress to demand a second referendum, if it does not manage to get to a new election.
Corbyn produces it now as if he only follows this congress. But in practice, this is also a way to try to calm the critics, and keep together the party and stop the strömhoppen to the new independent group (referred to as the ”Independent Group” in English). However, it remains to see if he is serious, or if the proposal of a second referendum will be so far down on Labour’s agenda to the proposal to end most is to see that utspelspolitik.
