A LEADING campaign group which aims to see the long-running Brexit saga paused for a second referendum has claimed voters in Worcester want a final say on Prime Minister Theresa May’s deal.
With just nine days until the UK is due to leave the European Union, campaign group Right to Vote quizzed 14,046 adults from 632 constituencies across Britain including in Worcester which saw 53.7 per cent of voters back the bid to leave the EU in the 2016 referendum.
However, Right to Vote chiefs have revealed 59 per cent of city voters who expressed an interest want a final say on Brexit, with 41 per cent against a second referendum or so-called ‘People’s Vote’.
The findings were revealed after a tumultuous week in Parliament which saw the Prime Minister’s deal rejected for a second time by MPs who also signalled their opposition to leaving without a deal and an extension to the negotiations which began in March 2017.
House of Commons speaker John Bercow further complicated the long-running saga on Monday (March 18) when he suggested a third bid to pass Mrs May’s deal would be blocked unless the Government amended the bill.
The United Kingdom will leave the EU at 11pm next Friday (March 29) unless a deal can be agreed or an extension granted by the EU chiefs.
Right to Vote was formed in January by several high-profile MPs in response to what it describes as the Government’s failure to navigate Brexit. Co-founders include Dominic Grieve, Justine Greening, Sam Gyimah and three MPs who resigned from the Conservative Party last month: Heidi Allen, Anna Soubry and Dr Sarah Wollaston.
Dr Phillip Lee MP, chair of Right to Vote, said: “This new research is further evidence that the public mood is increasingly concluding that we need a final say in the Brexit process.
“Nothing approaches the promises that were made in 2016, and as it stands, everything is currently a mess. Offering people a final say is quite simply the only credible solution available.
“We all need to take a time-out, to allow the public the right to vote and have a final say,” he added.
City MP and Brexit minister Robin Walker said: “I don’t think the significant opinion has changed because it rather reflects the polls we saw before the referendum.
“We have had the vote which has delivered a once in a generation verdict and now we need to get on and deliver a Brexit which works for everyone.”
