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LONDON (AP) — Britain’s main opposition Labour Party announced Tuesday it will reject Conservative Prime Minister Theresa May’s proposed divorce deal with the European Union if it comes to a vote in Parliament and might even support a new Brexit referendum. With the U.K. and the EU now at an impasse in divorce talks, and just six months to go until Britain officially leaves on March 29, many Labour members think the party should try to force a new referendum that could reverse Britain's decision to quit the 28-nation bloc. “Our options must include campaigning for a public vote — and nobody is ruling out ‘remain’ as an option.”

Starmer’s suggestion that a new referendum could reverse Britain’s 2016 decision to leave the EU — which wasn’t in the advanced printed text of his speech — drew a standing ovation from many delegates in the conference hall. But Mr McDonnell, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s second-in-command, said that Labour would only support a second referendum on Brexit to decide whether the country accepted the Government’s proposed deal with EU countries, or rejected it. Delegates at the Labour Party conference in the northwestern English city of Liverpool will debate a motion Tuesday saying that if Parliament rejects the government's Brexit deal, "Labour must support all options remaining on the table, including campaigning for a public vote." Ms McKinnell, Labour MP for Newcastle North, said: “The public are now understandably demanding the right to have a meaningful say on whether we should leave the EU at all.“

Labour delegates at the party conference in Liverpool are to vote on the party’s Brexit policy, after members in 86 constituencies, including some in the North East, submitted motions which specifically call for a referendum on whether to continue with Brexit - or to stay in the EU. And I’ve always thought we could.”

But the party’s shadow Brexit secretary Keir Starmer said that at a five-hour meeting on Sunday night to agree the wording of the Brexit motion, it was clear that remaining in the EU had to be an option.
The Labour Party plans to reject UK Prime Minister Theresa May's Chequers Agreement and is open to a new Brexit referendum.