A majority of voters in all seats held by Labour support a second referendum on Brexit, according to an analysis released by the People’s Vote campaign as it steps up its lobbying of opposition MPs. The campaign commissioned a YouGov study based on polling of 26,000 people in the hope of persuading Labour MPs to vote for a second referendum if May’s Brexit deal is rejected and the party cannot force a general election. The effort is aimed in particular at Labour MPs in constituencies that supported leave, many of whom still say that the primary message they hear from constituents is they want the UK to get out of the European Union as fast as possible. But the hope is that the research will give Labour MPs food for thought. Support for a second referendum is largest in Corbyn’s seat of Islington North at 80%, with the number falling back to 53% in Ashfield, the east Midlands seat held by Gloria De Piero.

Source: The Guardian November 02, 2018 22:01 UTC