Sentences with phrase «of a second referendum»

The possibility of a second referendum will ensure that, after a brief period of quiet, the question of independence will return as a live political issue.

Much has been made by the SNP of a second referendum taking place when it is the «will of the Scottish people».

Yes, those in the hall will have heard the announcement of a second referendum bill but they may have missed the bigger picture.

Having kicked the idea of a second referendum into the fairly long grass of 2021 at the earliest, the Scottish Government needs a new focus, and soon.

But the truth is, if Scottish Tories vote to leave it will increase the chance of a second referendum on Scotland leaving the UK.

But, aware that the prospect of a second referendum plays badly with even moderate «Yes» voters, the SNP will spend the next six weeks playing down the independence dimension while the Tories place it at the centre of their campaign, an attempt to turn the general election into a referendum on a referendum.

Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has criticised former Prime Minister Tony Blair's call for people to «rise up» against Brexit and suggestions of a second referendum on Britain's membership of the European Union.

Your down - and - dirty guide to the Brexit year ahead, from the fight over transition to the chances of a second referendum.

LONDON (AP)-- British Prime Minister Theresa May has firmly rejected the notion of a second referendum on the country's membership in the European Union, insisting Wednesday that the U.K. wouldn't attempt a back - handed effort to remain in the bloc.

Thus, for the Brexit secretary to categorically exclude the option of a second referendum is denying the people their devolved sovereign right to re-evaluate their initial judgment in light of more complete information.

Westminster might, reasonably, decline to accept the validity of a second referendum held in the near future: it might be argued that the SNP can not keep repeating the question until they get the answer they want.

The First Minister's announcement on Monday that this was not to be the year of the second referendum may be read as a concession that she simply could not win one.

The risk of a second referendum may cause the rest of the UK to be reluctant to adopt schemes or make decisions that benefit Scotland at the expense of the remainder of the country: why buy warships from Scottish shipyards, rather than from their English competitors, when Scotland may become a separate state at any time?

The bare possibility of a second referendum after 2014 may have a destabilising effect on British politics for the reasons he identified.

Much more important, no question of a second referendum to give people a chance to change their minds because circumstances have changed, or because the promises made by Brexit supporters have proved to be no more than pipe dreams.

Despite having the clearest pro-EU position and a promise of a second referendum, the Liberal Democrats failed to pick up many more remain voters than they lost (Chart 3).

Senior party sources suggested that, although Cable backed the policy first proposed under Farron of a second referendum on Brexit, he wanted to lean heavily on his credibility as a former cabinet minister to give the party more gravitas.

Owen Smith's call for a second referendum is principled, but the challenge of a second referendum would be considerable.

Liberal Democrat leader Vince Cable, whose party is in favour of a second referendum, welcomed the comments.

Bob and Roberta Smith has tweeted his support for the rather unlikely prospect of a second referendum (as if the first one weren't tiresome enough); Wolfgang Tillmans has been quick to warn American conservatives to hold their noses in this autumn's Trump / Clinton contest in light of the supposedly populist victory, and Anish Kapoor has accused outgoing Prime Minister David Cameron of a «failure of leadership».

However, Prime Minister Theresa May insists that her government will see the process through, and last week dismissed suggestions of a second referendum — supported by growing number of lawmakers in parliament (albeit still a minority)-- as a «betrayal» of last year's vote.

Author of EU law bible also mulls over the High Court challenge and the possibility of a second referendum

«And Diane Abbott wrote a letter to her constituents saying exactly what I said about the prospect of a second referendum being necessary at the end of it if we can't sort it out, in order to give people the right to decide what sort of a Brexit they want or indeed whether they want a Brexit at all.