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John McDonnell said that a second referendum on Brexit "might be an option to seize," admitting for the first time that he remained should stay on the ballot and insisting that "no "Agreement" should not be.
The Chancellor of the Shadow said he would vote to stay in any new referendum and that providing the opportunity to vote in the absence of agreement would present a risk too high.
The comments, made during a Guardian Live event, mark a change of mentality on the part of McDonnell, who had already argued that the option to stay should not appear on the ballot for a new referendum on the agreement on the Brexit.
These comments caused concern at the September trade union conference, in which delegates overwhelmingly voted in favor of the party's commitment to seek a new referendum if it could not impose a general election.
McDonnell announced Tuesday night that he would remain in a new referendum, unlike Jeremy Corbyn, who had refused to engage in the path in which he would vote when he was questioned on Sky News last week. .
"We can not agree on the ballot," McDonnell said. "There is an overwhelming majority in parliament against this, because of the damage."
McDonnell said he recently met with people from the People's Vote campaign, including Alastair Campbell and Ed Miliband's former advisor, Tom Baldwin.
The Chancellor of the shadow said that he expected May to lose the first vote and presented a modified agreement that he said would also fail.
"All the while, we're going to call a general election," he said. "If and when we put a vote of no confidence, it will be a tactical decision. We will want a maximum effect. "
He added that the party had met to discuss coordination with the Scottish National Party, Liberal Democrats and Caroline Lucas of the Greens. "If we can not have a general election, people's vote is on the table and it may be an option that we grab," he said.
Before that, the party would also propose its own versions of an agreement, he said. "We will have to go through this sequence to show that we are doing everything we can," he said.
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The Corbyn team is considering a series of possible scenarios as the union leader prepares to step up his efforts to explain his other plan to the public in the coming days. He should face the Prime Minister during a televised debate in head-to-head.
The Labor Party leadership is determined to reject the idea of a Norway-plus agreement in Westminster. Scottish Prime Minister Nicola Sturgeon said Tuesday that she hoped that a majority of people could band together around the proposal, which is being promoted by Conservative MP Nick Boles.
However, high sources from the Labor Party insisted that this was an unacceptable repeal of sovereignty that would not take into account the result of the referendum, won by the vote without a vote with the slogan "Take back control." .
The party intends to hold its own plan, involving a permanent customs union and a close relationship with the single market that does not achieve full membership. Despite McDonnell's warm words, the Labor Party should resist the call for a second referendum unless all other options are exhausted.
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