“Corbyn sees off calls to back second Brexit referendum”

May 2, 2019 | Brexit

Corbyn won’t commit to a second referendum, of course, because the EU could stop him spending loads and nationalising everything.  Italy, as an EU member, had the same argument when its government pledged to fix the bridges, roads and country last year and eventually bottled it. Can’t have it both ways, Jezza and, as we’ve seen this week, not taking a stand could be electoral suicide. Assuming there’s an election; do we really need another vote?

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