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Tom Watson has called on Labour to support a second Brexit referendum under all circumstances if the party is to beat the Conservatives in a general election. As the party considers whether to call another no-confidence vote in Theresa May’s government, its deputy leader said a people’s vote would bring the country back together. His latest call comes after May’s deal was struck down for a third time in the Commons on Friday, and as MPs prepare to vote on a series of Brexit options, including a second referendum, on Monday. The Labour frontbencher Melanie Onn, the MP for Grimsby, resigned from her shadow position last week to join a rebellion against the party’s backing for a second referendum, while three shadow cabinet members abstained on the vote. Labour’s plan for a people’s vote on the final Brexit deal can heal the country | Tom Watson Read more In words that will increase pressure upon fellow Labour MPs who have argued against a second referendum, Watson said: “It seems inconceivable that if there was a general election that a people’s vote was not in that manifesto.” Labour confirmed on Wednesday it would expect MPs to support a motion, tabled by Margaret Beckett, which said parliament should not ratify any Brexit deal “unless and until” it has been approved in a confirmatory public vote. Onn was among 27 MPs who rebelled and voted against the amendment, including the mayor of the Sheffield city region, Dan Jarvis, as well as other vocal referendum sceptics Caroline Flint, John Mann and Gareth Snell. It will be among the options put back to MPs for further ballot. Following the third rejection by the Commons of May’s Brexit deal, Thornberry said the prime minster was “out of control”. That is not meaningful, that is not democracy. “No wonder she is in trouble.

The remain-supporting Conservative MP, Dominic Grieve, is facing deselection by his party after losing a confidence vote held by his local association by 182 to 131 votes. And, while he remains its MP for the time being, a meeting will soon be convened to discuss his future. Grieve has been at the forefront of efforts to ensure that parliament has a significant influence over how Brexit is managed, with the prime minister struggling to force her deal through the Commons. He is also a prominent remainer, has called for a second referendum and addressed a pro-EU rally attended by an estimated one million people in Westminster last weekend. Following the announcement of his defeat on Friday evening, Grieve was defended by fellow parliamentarians from his own party, and others. Antoinette Sandbach (@Sandbach) Dominic Grieve is principled intelligent and an outstanding politician and lawyer. He has been true to his values and beliefs. I’ve no intention of leaving it.” He has not commented following the announcement of his defeat at the Beaconsfield association. “I took the decision to ‘fight City Hall from within’ and resigned as Ukip chairman to join the Tory party a year ago,” Conway reportedly told local members. In a statement released on Friday evening, Beaconsfield Conservative association’s chair, Jackson Ng, said: “I am pleased to see over 350 members attend.

Live: BBC News Channel UK Prime Minister Theresa May has seen off a bid to remove her government from power, winning a no-confidence vote by 325 to 306. Rebel Tory MPs and the DUP - who 24 hours earlier rejected the PM's Brexit plan by a huge margin - voted to keep her in Downing Street. What is a vote of no-confidence? Giving her reaction to the result, Mrs May told MPs she would "continue to work to deliver on the solemn promise to the people of this country to deliver on the result of the referendum and leave the European Union". But Mr Corbyn, who tabled the no-confidence motion, said in the Commons that before any "positive discussions" could take place, the prime minister should rule out a no-deal Brexit. Mr Corbyn's no-confidence motion was backed by all the opposition parties, including the Scottish National Party and the Liberal Democrats. His party has not ruled out tabling further no-confidence motions - but Mr Corbyn is under pressure from dozens of his own MPs and other opposition parties to now get behind calls for a further EU referendum instead. How did my MP vote on the motion of no confidence? Mr Blackford has also written to Mr Corbyn, along with other opposition leaders, to urge him to back another referendum as Labour's official position. "As the prime minister says, Brexit has to mean Brexit, not a different relationship that doesn't actually deliver on Brexit," he added.

The Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, has demanded that the prime minister give MPs the opportunity to vote on whether or not they have confidence in her after she delayed the showdown on her Brexit deal to January. Corbyn tabled a motion of no confidence in Theresa May on Monday evening. While the government is not obliged to schedule a confidence vote before Christmas, the Labour leader said a refusal to do so would demonstrate that she was unable to command the confidence of the House of Commons. Announcing his intention, Corbyn told the Commons it was “very clear that it’s bad, unacceptable, that we should be waiting almost a month before we have a meaningful vote” on May’s Brexit deal. Instead, May has said the Brexit vote will be held in the week commencing 14 January. He added that the motion he intended to table, aimed specifically at the prime minister and not at the government as a whole, was “the only way I can think of of ensuring a vote takes place this week”. As Corbyn went to sit down after finishing his remarks, May stood up and walked out of the chamber, nodding to the chair as she left. We will vote against Labour in any confidence motion.” The Democratic Unionist Party also said it would back the prime minister, with its Westminster leader, Nigel Dodds, saying his MPs would not support “the antics of the Labour party”. Haddon said a motion of no confidence in the government under the Fixed-term Parliaments Act would force May’s hand. But Corbyn announced his intention to table the motion as the debate closed.

The 2011 act says that a no-confidence motion must use the following text to be binding: “This house has no confidence in Her Majesty’s government.” If submitted by the leader of the opposition, such a motion has to be debated the next day and, if the government were defeated, May would almost certainly have to resign. A new government would have to be formed in 14 days or else an election would take place. A spokesman said the party would judge “day by day” when it was best to act. The SNP and Liberal Democrats had indicated they would support Corbyn’s motion, but in the run-up to the close of business, it became clear that the DUP and Tory rebels were very unlikely to support any version of Labour’s motion, meaning it faced defeat. Nigel Dodds, the leader of the DUP at Westminster, said its party would back May’s government for now while it tried to secure changes to her Brexit deal. We will vote against Labour in any confidence motion.” At one point in the evening, it appeared that Downing Street would allow a debate on Corbyn’s motion to take place on Tuesday because it was confident of victory. Corbyn’s move came after an acrimonious debate on May’s stalled Brexit negotiations, in which the Labour leader had initially threatened to hold a confidence vote if she failed to name a date for the final vote after she pulled it last week. Briefings about Corbyn’s plans had taken place shortly before 3pm. It marks the first steps in an attempt by May to persuade rebellious Tory MPs that the alternatives to her Brexit deal are worse before the meaningful vote in the week of 14 January. However, European commission officials in Brussels said that no further meetings between the EU and UK were taking place.