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by Steve Beasant on 16 March, 2019
The following article was written by Tom Brake and published today on the Lib Dem Website.
The Liberal Democrats have campaigned for an Exit from Brexit since the day after the 2016 Referendum. This motion reaffirms our policy of a public vote between the Governments deal and remaining in the European Union.
This motion also calls on the Government to:
This week Jeremy Corbyn stuck two fingers up at Remainers.
When the time came to vote on the People’s Vote amendment, he sat on his hands and ordered his MPs to do the same. My colleagues and I were livid – and judging by the reaction on social media, so were millions of Remainers.
If we’ve learnt anything this week, it’s that Brexit is too important to be left in the hands of the politicians – a People’s Vote is the only way forward.
Brexit has become a national embarrassment.
News outlets all over the world were leading with one thing last week – “UK Commons Chaos”. It’s a farce.
Last week’s votes prove, once again, that the Government hasn’t got a clue what it’s doing. In the absence of an actual plan, her authority long gone, Theresa May’s going to throw her botched deal at MPs over and over again.
So why does Parliament get to change its mind, but not the people? It’s double standards of the highest order.
Liberal Democrats demand better.
We’ve fought to stop Brexit for nearly three years now. We’ve campaigned, lobbied and marched (and we’ll be marching again – do join us on the 23rd March in London!).
And now, at spring conference in York, we’ve passed new policy to:
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