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| Best for Britain has lined up a group of MPs who will put down an amendment in parliament this autumn calling for a second referendum on the country’s membership of the EU once Theresa May has obtained a final exit deal from her negotiations with the 27-country bloc. | Best for Britain has lined up a group of MPs who will put down an amendment in parliament this autumn calling for a second referendum on the country’s membership of the EU once Theresa May has obtained a final exit deal from her negotiations with the 27-country bloc. |
| The pro-remain campaign group, which has raised £2.3m and is partly backed by George Soros, unveiled a timetable at the heart of the launch of its manifesto, designed to avoid the risk that “the entire establishment sleepwalks the country over the Brexit finish line in March 2019”. | The pro-remain campaign group, which has raised £2.3m and is partly backed by George Soros, unveiled a timetable at the heart of the launch of its manifesto, designed to avoid the risk that “the entire establishment sleepwalks the country over the Brexit finish line in March 2019”. |
| It is understood that about 40 MPs have indicated they are willing to sign up to an appropriately worded amendment, which would be set against whatever legislation May introduces to give the go-ahead for the final deal the government has brought back from its Brussels negotiations. | |
| In its manifesto, Best for Britain argues that both sides of the Brexit debate should welcome a second poll in less than three years to finally settle the question of the UK’s membership of the EU and that the issue was diverting time and energy from other political concerns. | |
| “We believe the Brexit process is distracting from the many reasons people voted to leave: a kick back against Westminster to wake up to the reality of life in modern Britain – an industrial wasteland in parts of our country and the loss of good jobs, a weakening health service, unaffordable housing, and rising student debt,” the manifesto says. | “We believe the Brexit process is distracting from the many reasons people voted to leave: a kick back against Westminster to wake up to the reality of life in modern Britain – an industrial wasteland in parts of our country and the loss of good jobs, a weakening health service, unaffordable housing, and rising student debt,” the manifesto says. |
| A referendum could be held in early 2019 and Best for Britain has said that it believes the European Union may even be willing to delay the 29 March 2019 exit date to ensure that any final vote would be held at a time when the prevailing weather was likely to be better. | A referendum could be held in early 2019 and Best for Britain has said that it believes the European Union may even be willing to delay the 29 March 2019 exit date to ensure that any final vote would be held at a time when the prevailing weather was likely to be better. |
| Best for Britain intends to campaign in around 70 key marginal seats around the country, trying to persuade both Conservative and Labour MPs to support a second referendum. It will use £500,000 of its money on billboards and newspaper advertising in areas such as Stoke, Carlisle, and towns and cities in the east Midlands. | Best for Britain intends to campaign in around 70 key marginal seats around the country, trying to persuade both Conservative and Labour MPs to support a second referendum. It will use £500,000 of its money on billboards and newspaper advertising in areas such as Stoke, Carlisle, and towns and cities in the east Midlands. |
| The manifesto expresses the hope that any second referendum campaign would be subject to “stringent policing” and conducted in a different tone to the last, saying both sides should respect voters rather than adopt messages ranging from Project Fear on one side to “false claims” that the NHS would be able to spend £350m a week extra once the UK had left. | The manifesto expresses the hope that any second referendum campaign would be subject to “stringent policing” and conducted in a different tone to the last, saying both sides should respect voters rather than adopt messages ranging from Project Fear on one side to “false claims” that the NHS would be able to spend £350m a week extra once the UK had left. |
| Eloise Todd, the chief executive of Best for Britain, said: “For too long we’ve been asked to swallow the lie that the votes of 17 million people with their individual histories, experiences and ideas gave May a clear mandate to deliver whatever Brexit she can fashion.” | Eloise Todd, the chief executive of Best for Britain, said: “For too long we’ve been asked to swallow the lie that the votes of 17 million people with their individual histories, experiences and ideas gave May a clear mandate to deliver whatever Brexit she can fashion.” |
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