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Brexit vote campaign gets £1m from Superdry co-founder | Brexit vote campaign gets £1m from Superdry co-founder |
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One of the co-founders of the fashion label Superdry has donated £1m to the campaign for another EU referendum. | One of the co-founders of the fashion label Superdry has donated £1m to the campaign for another EU referendum. |
Multi-millionaire Julian Dunkerton said he was backing the People's Vote campaign because "we have a genuine chance to turn this around". | Multi-millionaire Julian Dunkerton said he was backing the People's Vote campaign because "we have a genuine chance to turn this around". |
The People's Vote, a cross-party group including some MPs, want a vote on the final Brexit deal. | |
The government has ruled out another referendum after Britain voted to leave the EU in June 2016. | The government has ruled out another referendum after Britain voted to leave the EU in June 2016. |
The UK is on course to leave the EU on 29 March next year. | The UK is on course to leave the EU on 29 March next year. |
Mr Dunkerton said he believes the brand he co-launched "would never have become the global success that it did" if Brexit had happened 20 years earlier. | |
His donation, the largest received by the People's Vote, will go towards funding opinion polls. | His donation, the largest received by the People's Vote, will go towards funding opinion polls. |
He added: "I will be paying for one of the most detailed polling exercises ever undertaken by a campaign so that more and more people have the confidence to demand the democratic right for their voice to be heard." | He added: "I will be paying for one of the most detailed polling exercises ever undertaken by a campaign so that more and more people have the confidence to demand the democratic right for their voice to be heard." |
The People's Vote campaign is hoping to get enough MPs, including the Labour leadership, to back a referendum on the deal Prime Minister Theresa May strikes with Brussels, which is due to be put to a vote in Parliament in October. | The People's Vote campaign is hoping to get enough MPs, including the Labour leadership, to back a referendum on the deal Prime Minister Theresa May strikes with Brussels, which is due to be put to a vote in Parliament in October. |
They have organised a number of events over the summer to step up pressure on MPs. | They have organised a number of events over the summer to step up pressure on MPs. |
Hundreds of people attended a rally in Edinburgh's Festival Square on Saturday in support of the campaign. | Hundreds of people attended a rally in Edinburgh's Festival Square on Saturday in support of the campaign. |