The People’s Vote campaign has always been strictly non-partisan and the cause is bigger than any allegiance to any political party. This is its biggest strength. Now, more than ever, it is vital that this remains the case.
On Monday, in a series of indicate votes in parliament, a People’s Vote damn nearly fell off the list of options when Labour MPs voted for a customs union. Members of the Independent Group like me voted against it primarily because it will not deliver the frictionless trade British business demands, being one step up from a ruinous hard Brexit. The Liberal Democrats split on the matter but the SNP and Green MP saw the trap that had been laid and joined us in the no lobby. Had we not, the customs union option would have won a majority and the campaign would have fallen by the wayside. In the event, a motion for a confirmatory public vote was defeated – but it gained the most votes of all the options put forward on Monday and a second referendum remains the only way out of the Brexit crisis.
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