New Report Reveals Roadmap To Obtain 'People's Vote' On The Outcome Of Brexit Negotiations

A new report has claimed that there will be at least six opportunities for people in the UK to be given their final say on whether Britain leaves the EU.

Written by Lord Kerr, the former diplomat who wrote the Article 50 exit notice, the ‘People’s Vote’ report dismisses the claim made by the Prime Minister that the options on the table are either for a ‘no deal’ or her so-called ‘Chequers deal’.

Drawn up by a cross-party committee including pro-EU MPs, peers and MEPs from Conservatives, Labour, Liberal Democrats and Greens, the roadmap outlines six possible routes to a fresh referendum.

Lord Kerr said: “Our view is that the most viable and democratic way of resolving it is to allow the public to have their say on Brexit. To deny them a voice challenges the basic principle of informed consent.

“History will not, in our opinion, be kind to any politician who hides behind purely logistical arguments, legalese or arcane parliamentary procedure in order to deny people a vote on the outcome of these Brexit negotiations at such a fragile and crucial moment for our country.”

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Expert Opinion

“The People’s Vote campaign for a second referendum on Brexit has gathered appreciable momentum in the last couple of months. Regardless of personal and/or management colleague views on Brexit; it is important to understand the main views of key stakeholder groups.

“And the People’ Vote campaign is now sufficiently prominent and sizeable that a good GC will want to understand what their ideas are and what the basis for the assumptions underpinning those views are in order to inform management discussion and planning.

“Fortunately, People’s Vote have chosen to publish a ‘roadmap’ – with a concise summary on page 18.

“Lord Kerr and Dominic Grieve QC are among the named contributors to this publication and, while their political views and affiliations are well known, there can also be little doubt that they are among the very most informed and experienced people involved in the debate.

“So this 'roadmap’ is a thoughtful, clear, well referenced and easily absorbed explanation of what might be possible if the public mood swing - that they suggest might be emerging at present - crystallises into an undeniable public demand for a second referendum. There is even an analysis of the types of referendum question that might be asked. A necessary read for Corporate Brexit watchers.”
Bruce Macmillan - General Counsel & Company Secretary