Anti-Brexit People’s Vote campaign in disarray as Labour MP goes rogue and puts down motion for second referendum
Bosses from the People's Vote movement fear the measure has no chance of gaining support in the Commons
A LABOUR veteran who voted Leave plans to make a formal bid for a second referendum in the Commons next week.
Roger Godsiff says it was only right that the public should have the “final say” on the Prime Minister’s deal when it is finalised.
He will table an amendment to Theresa May’s "withdrawal motion" which is set to be debated on Valentine’s Day.
The move is understood to have infuriated campaign chiefs at the People’s Vote – who fear there is no chance of a second referendum bid winning a majority in the House of Commons.
Tory Remainers Sarah Wollaston and Philip Lee pulled a proposed second referendum amendment at the last minute last month under intense pressure from People’s Vote.
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Mr Godsiff - whose Birmingham Hall Green voted to Remain in 2016 - told The Sun: “The original decision was taken by the people.
“So I think it’s only appropriate that there is a chance for Parliament to give it back to the people for them to make a decision on it.”
Under his proposed amendment, the public will get to vote on three outcomes – the PM’s Brexit deal, No Deal or to Remain in the EU.
Meanwhile Tory grandee Sir Edward Leigh today announced plans for a separate amendment designed to fix the problem of the backstop which has been the main stumbling block for Mrs May's deal.
The veteran MP said: "If a get-out clause or specific end date can’t be agreed with the EU, as looks likely, we could use an instrument of international diplomacy called a conditional interpretative declaration to provide an end date."
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The device would allow the UK to declare legally that it cannot be bound by the backstop indefinitely - which would trap Britain in Europe's customs union.
Crucially, the EU wouldn't have to sign up to the declaration for it to be legally binding.
And it wouldn't require rewriting the existing withdrawal agreement - which Brussels says is now impossible.
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