Sentences with phrase «joining calls for a referendum»

Gordon Brown is facing more pressure over the EU treaty, with some of his own MPs now joining calls for a referendum.

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They will be joined by Smith who today called for a «confirmatory referendum, once the reality of Brexit is revealed» and made it clear that he would not support the prime minister «recklessly pursuing a Brexit of any sort, and at any cost».

Labour MEPs today joined the calls for Jeremy Corbyn to quit - and launched a furious attack on the party's response to last week's referendum result.

But former environment secretary Owen Paterson joined the growing list of Tory MPs to call for ministers to be allowed to pick sides for the referendum, before resuming collective responsibility afterwards.