Pro-EU campaigners updated so called “Roadmap to a People’s Vote” to push for a referendum on Brexit if, and likely so, Prime Minister Theresa May’s deal is voted down in the Commons next week. The report note that “Nobody has come forward with a proposal that could secure a majority in the present circumstances. The blunt reality is that such a proposal does not exist”. And, “the only credible way forwards for (lawmakers) will be to hand the decision back to the people.” While a referendum would inevitably require extending Article 50 and delaying the March 29 Brexit date, the group said 27 other EU member states are unlikely to stand in its way.
The group preferred a “binary choice”: for the referendum”: either the Government’s deal vs staying in the EU; or an alternative, deliverable form of Brexit vs staying in. But they do not entirely rule out a referendum with three options.
