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Theresa May says there could be a THIRD Brexit referendum if she gives in to MPs and gives them a second

THERESA May has warned there could be a THIRD Brexit referendum if she gives in to MPs and hands the people a second vote.

The Prime Minister said that if she decided to give the decision back to the people now, then MPs would be crying out for yet another one in future.

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Theresa May has said there could be a THIRD vote if MPs were allowed a second oneCredit: AFP or licensors

She said that some people would never be completely happy with the result and would always fight to overturn it.

It came as she revealed she would postpone her vote on the Brexit deal in the face of a humiliating defeat.

She will now fly around Europe to try and beg the EU to make tweaks to the deal or "assurances" on the hated Northern Irish backstop.

On a second referendum Mrs May said: "Does she honestly think that If we were to have another referendum and it came out with a different result, people wouldn't say we should have a third referendum to find out what the result was?"

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The PM said she genuinely believed that the result must be put in placeCredit: PRU

And she added: "I wonder if it came out with the same result, she would still be asking for another vote."

Several MPs used her Commons appearance to demand a so-called 'People's Vote' on another deal.

But Mrs May slapped them down, saying she genuinely believed that the people's first say should be respected and Brexit MUST be delivered.

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Mrs May said: "I believe that as a country we should meet those obligations."

And she said that people wouldn't vote in future if they couldn't show they could be trusted to deliver what they wanted.

"I think those people, many of whom voted for the first time when they voted in the referendum in 2016, will indeed question why should we vote in future if this Parliament does not deliver on that result," she stressed.

The PM insisted another referendum wasn't the way to goCredit: Tolga Akmen

As Mrs May fights for her deal - and her career today:

Campaigners handed out "Brexit fudge" in Westminster todayCredit: Rex Features

More than 100 Tory MPs have spoken out against the withdrawal agreement as it currently stands.

Mrs May hasn't said when she will bring it back to the Commons for a vote, only saying that she will do so in the next six weeks.

PM Theresa May confirms that planned Brexit deal vote has been postponed as it would have been rejected


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