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| Brexit: Force new EU poll on next PM, says Mark Drakeford | Brexit: Force new EU poll on next PM, says Mark Drakeford |
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| Wales' First Minister Mark Drakeford has urged MPs to act quickly to make sure the next prime minister holds another referendum on EU membership. | Wales' First Minister Mark Drakeford has urged MPs to act quickly to make sure the next prime minister holds another referendum on EU membership. |
| He has written to all Welsh MPs, asking them to force the government to publish legislation by the end of July that would pave the way to a public vote. | He has written to all Welsh MPs, asking them to force the government to publish legislation by the end of July that would pave the way to a public vote. |
| A former Brexit minister said he was being "contemptuous" of democracy. | |
| The winner of the Tory leadership race between Jeremy Hunt and Boris Johnson will be announced on July 23. | |
| Mr Drakeford's letter underlines growing differences between Welsh and UK Labour on Brexit. | Mr Drakeford's letter underlines growing differences between Welsh and UK Labour on Brexit. |
| After a poor showing for Labour at the European elections last month, Mr Drakeford said the time had come for a second referendum on whatever Brexit deal emerges between the UK and the EU. | After a poor showing for Labour at the European elections last month, Mr Drakeford said the time had come for a second referendum on whatever Brexit deal emerges between the UK and the EU. |
| In Westminster, however, Jeremy Corbyn's team is still hammering out the party's position. | In Westminster, however, Jeremy Corbyn's team is still hammering out the party's position. |
| On Wednesday, Labour MP Dame Margaret Becket told BBC Radio 4's Today that unnamed people around Mr Corbyn wanted Britain out of the EU and "don't give a toss" what party members think. | On Wednesday, Labour MP Dame Margaret Becket told BBC Radio 4's Today that unnamed people around Mr Corbyn wanted Britain out of the EU and "don't give a toss" what party members think. |
| In his letter to MPs, Mr Drakeford said the Welsh Assembly had endorsed his position of wanting a second referendum and that the Welsh Government would campaign to remain in the EU. | In his letter to MPs, Mr Drakeford said the Welsh Assembly had endorsed his position of wanting a second referendum and that the Welsh Government would campaign to remain in the EU. |
| He added it would be "outrageous" for the UK government to take the country out of the EU without a deal. | He added it would be "outrageous" for the UK government to take the country out of the EU without a deal. |
| "I therefore urge you to continue to seek to legislate not just to prevent no deal, but also to force the government to bring forward a referendum bill by the 31st of July," he wrote. | "I therefore urge you to continue to seek to legislate not just to prevent no deal, but also to force the government to bring forward a referendum bill by the 31st of July," he wrote. |
| "This must be done quickly - we cannot afford the economic damage being done every single day as a result of Brexit uncertainty." | "This must be done quickly - we cannot afford the economic damage being done every single day as a result of Brexit uncertainty." |
| Clwyd West MP David Jones, a former Brexit minister, said Mr Drakeford "appears unwilling to acknowledge Wales voted clearly to leave the EU in 2016". | |
| "It is disturbing that the first minister should be so apparently contemptuous of the democratic process," he said. | "It is disturbing that the first minister should be so apparently contemptuous of the democratic process," he said. |