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| London Mayor Sadiq Khan has called for a second referendum on the UK's withdrawal from the European Union, blowing apart Jeremy Corbyn’s bid for party unity on Brexit. | |
| Mr Khan revealed he will press for a commitment to a further national vote – on whether to accept any Brexit deal reached - to be included in the next election manifesto. | |
| The vow came as Kezia Dugdale, Labour’s former leader in Scotland, said the public had the right to have its say in a second referendum. | |
| Meanwhile, Andrew Gwynne, Labour’s election chief, and a Corbyn ally, refused to rule out a further vote, saying: “Who knows where we will be at the end of this process?” | |
| At Labour’s conference, there were also claims that John McDonnell, the Shadow Chancellor, had left open the prospect of a further referendum, at a private meeting with business leaders. | |
| Mr Corbyn has tried to keep a lid on Labour’s Brexit divisions, sparking fury when Labour MPs were denied a vote on permanent membership of the single market. | |
| But Mr Khan has now opened up a fresh split, by raising the prospect of Labour’s next manifesto offering voters the chance to reverse the Brexit referendum verdict. | |
| “I’d have my tuppence worth as Mayor of London,” he told the Evening Standard, making clear he believed no Brexit deal would be good enough to accept without offering a second referendum. | |
| “I so far have not been persuaded how this Government has a plan that works for our country,” Mr Khan added. | |
| Meanwhile, Ms Dugdale said: “Brexit is spiralling out of control and out of the interests of working people. | |
| “That’s why we the people should take back control with a final vote on the deal,” she told Glasgow’s Daily Record newspaper. | |
| On Sunday, Mr Gywnne warned his party that Brexit divisions could tear Labour apart, as he urged activists and MPs to settle their disagreements in a “comradely fashion”. | |
| Over the summer, Labour negotiated a united policy to stay in the single market for a transitional period of between two and four years, but with no mention of a second referendum. | |
| Today, he said there would have to be a “very serious discussion” about a referendum if the Prime Minister failed to achieve an acceptable deal in the Brussels talks. | |
| Certainly Parliament, at the very least, wants to have that final say over what deal Theresa May comes back with,” Mr Gwynne added. | |
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