Has Labour committed to supporting a second referendum?
Yes, in principle. But not quite yet.
The party wants MPs to vote on its own Brexit plan on Wednesday first, when the next round of motions about the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union are debated in the Commons.
That is expected to be defeated, at which point Labour has announced it is “committed to also putting forward or supporting an amendment in favour of a public vote to prevent a damaging Tory Brexit being forced on the country”.
No date has been set for the next round of votes, but Theresa May has said that she will put her Brexit deal to the vote on 12 March. A second referendum amendment is expected then.
What amendment will Labour’s frontbench support at that point?
This is not decided. One possibility is that Labour will back the so-called Kyle-Wilson compromise, an amendment being promoted by two Labour backbenchers, Peter Kyle and Phil Wilson.
The essence of their amendment is that Labour would allow May’s Brexit deal to pass…
