«Breaking News» Labour opens door to a second vote: Corbyn shift makes new referendum more likely

Theresa May warned yesterday that a second Brexit referendum could damage social cohesion and undermine public trust in British democracy.

The Prime Minister spoke out as Jeremy Corbyn opened the door to a second poll last night.

In significant shift, the Labour leader tabled a Commons amendment that would require the Government to provide time for Parliament to legislate for ‘a public vote’ on the final Brexit deal.

Mr Corbyn’s amendment, which will be voted on next Tuesday, would require the Government to set aside time to debate and vote on alternative Brexit plans, including Labour’s proposal for a permanent customs union

If successful this could result in a second referendum later this year.

Mrs May warned MPs they had given too little thought to the damage a second poll would do to public trust. 

Updating MPs on her Brexit Plan B she said: ‘There has not yet been enough recognition of the way in which a second referendum could damage social cohesion by undermining faith in our democracy.’

A senior aide denied she was predicting violence, but added: ‘It is not unreasonable to think there may be bad feeling or rancour.’

Mrs May’s warning comes less than a fortnight after Transport Secretary – and Brexiteer – Chris Grayling said that blocking Brexit could ‘open the door’ to ‘extremist’ populist political forces.

Mrs May warned MPs they had given too little thought to the damage a second poll would do to public trust. A senior aide denied she was predicting violence, but added: ‘It is not unreasonable to think there may be bad feeling or rancour'

He said the millions who voted to Leave the EU would feel ‘cheated’ and putting a stop to Britain’s withdrawal from the EU could end centuries of ‘moderate’ politics. He predicted a ‘less tolerant society’.

Yesterday the Prime Minister acknowledged that her approach to Brexit ‘had to change’ following the thumping Commons defeat for her plan last week. 

In an olive branch to critics in Westminster and Brussels yesterday, she announced that the £65 fee for EU citizens to register for ‘settled status’ in the UK would be scrapped.

She effectively put the DUP in the driving seat in the talks with Brussels by pledging to secure concessions on the controversial Irish backstop, in the hope this will win over her Eurosceptic opponents.

And she told wavering Labour MPs she was ready to go further in protecting workers’ rights and environmental standards after Britain leaves the EU.

DUP leader Arlene Foster and deputy leader Nigel Dodds are pictured outside Downing Street earlier this week. Mrs May’s governing partners in the DUP joined forces with 118 Eurosceptic rebels last week to help sink her deal in the Commons

Mrs May also offered MPs on all sides a much greater say in the next stage of negotiations, including briefings on the state of play.

But she ruled out a change of direction. She warned MPs plotting to frustrate Brexit that they ‘cannot wish away No Deal’ – saying the only way to avoid it was to vote for a deal or scrap Brexit altogether. The warning came as:

• Poland’s foreign minister Jacek Czaputowicz broke ranks in the EU to suggest the backstop could be time-limited to five years – an idea quickly ruled out by Dublin;

• A string of Eurosceptic MPs said they would drop their opposition to Mrs May’s deal if she can secure concessions on the Irish backstop that will guarantee the UK could not be trapped in a permanent customs union;

• Mrs May warned that MPs trying to delay Brexit were simply ‘deferring the point of decision’;

• Business minister Richard Harrington warned No Deal could result in car giants such as Jaguar Land Rover leaving the UK;

• An internal Border Force document reportedly suggested that cross-channel freight trade could plunge by between 75 and 87 per cent if there is no deal;

• Mrs May rubbished reports she was preparing to reopen the Good Friday Agreement in a last-ditch bid to resolve the Brexit backstop;

• The Lords voted to block further progress on the Trade Bill until ministers provide more detail on their post-Brexit plans;

• The Queen could be ‘drawn into the toxic politics of Brexit’, warned Sir Stephen Laws, a former chief legal adviser to the Government.

He said a backbench plot to grab power to delay or even thwart Brexit could result in ‘horrific constitutional consequences’ with the Queen potentially being asked by ministers to refuse Royal Assent to a law passed by Parliament.

Mr Corbyn’s amendment, which will be voted on next Tuesday, would require the Government to set aside time to debate and vote on alternative Brexit plans, including Labour’s proposal for a permanent customs union.

It states that time should also be provided for the option of ‘legislating to hold a public vote on a deal or a proposition that has commanded the support of the majority of the House of Commons’.

Mrs May also offered MPs on all sides a much greater say in the next stage of negotiations, including briefings on the state of play. But she ruled out a change of direction

Mr Corbyn’s move is the closest he has come to backing a second referendum and reflects the pressure he is under from party members to shift to a position of trying to block Brexit. 

Mrs May’s governing partners in the DUP joined forces with 118 Eurosceptic rebels last week to help sink her deal in the Commons.

Yesterday, she told the DUP’s deputy leader Nigel Dodds she was ready to return to Brussels and ask for ‘the necessary changes to be made’ to the backstop.

She said she wanted to tackle ‘two key issues – its potential permanency, and the impact on the Union.

A number of prominent Tory Eurosceptics also suggested they could drop their wider opposition to her deal.

Sir Graham Brady, who voted against the deal last week, said he believed the PM’s plan could be salvaged if she can secure a ‘mechanism for leaving’ the Irish backstop.

Sir Graham, chairman of the 1922 Committee of Conservative MPs, said he also believed the deal was the only plan that had a chance of getting through Parliament.

Theresa's Plan B: Jack Doyle analyses what the PM said and what it means

By Jack Doyle for the Daily Mail

Theresa May yesterday set out what her Brexit ‘Plan B’ will – or won’t – be. Associate Editor Jack Doyle assesses what she said... and what it means.

Irish Backstop

What she said: ‘We are exploring with members across this House the nature of any movement on the backstop that would secure the support of this House.’

Analysis: Her overtures to opposition parties followed pressure from leading soft Brexiteers in the Cabinet including Work and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd. 

Having found a dead end, she has now moved towards the other faction, led by Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson, who want her to demand concessions from the EU on the controversial backstop which commits the UK to following EU regulations if no trade deal is reached.

Mrs May still needs a solution which she can take to Brussels next week. Many of her Tory critics – including Jacob Rees-Mogg and Boris Johnson – say they want a clear backstop exit date and could then vote for Mrs May’s deal. 

But one MP described yesterday as ‘Groundhog Day’ – resembling the position the country was in before Christmas when the Prime Minister pulled the vote on her deal.

Taking No Deal off the table

What she said:  ‘You cannot wish away No Deal.’

Analysis: Mrs May confronted head-on those MPs, including Jeremy Corbyn, who want ‘No Deal off the table’. 

The only way to rule out No Deal is to get a deal through, or to revoke Article 50 and stay in the EU, she said. 

She won’t allow the latter course because it fails to uphold the referendum so MPs should vote for a deal. 

Leaving open the prospect of No Deal will increase anxieties among soft Brexiteers, but it will also keep up pressure on the EU to make concessions.

Cross-party talks 

What she said: ‘It would be nice just to have some talks with Mr Corbyn on this issue.’

Analysis: A brutal slapdown of the Labour leader, who complained about ‘phoney talks on Brexit’ but refused to turn up. 

Senior ministers have met leading figures from all parties, including Labour backbenchers – despite an edict from Mr Corbyn to his MPs not to attend. 

But had Mr Corbyn turned up for talks and demanded she drop her opposition to the customs union, she would have been in a fix. 

As it is, his refusal even to turn up makes it easier for her to justify changing tack.

Second referendum   

What she said: ‘A second referendum could damage social cohesion by undermining faith in our democracy.’

Analysis: Mrs May is hinting at the risk of civil unrest if the Brexit result is not upheld. 

She is also echoing Transport Secretary Chris Grayling who warned of the rise of the far Right if Brexit was not delivered. 

Mrs May told MPs there was little hope for second referendum backers to secure the numbers they need in the House. 

Delay Article 50 

What she said: ‘Delaying Article 50 is not ruling out no deal, but simply deferring the point of decision.’

Analysis: A cross-party group of MPs led by former Tory minister Nick Boles and Labour’s Yvette Cooper want to delay Article 50 – the legal mechanism by which the UK leaves the EU – if there is no deal by February 26. 

To do so, they will need the Speaker to tear up Commons rules and could even ‘drag the Queen into the toxic politics of Brexit’. 

If this group look likely to succeed, Brexiteers such as Mr Rees-Mogg could choose to back Mrs May rather than see Brexit delayed or denied.

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