Sentences with phrase «prospect of a second referendum»

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.

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».

Not exact matches

The Ukip leader's declaration of defiance raises the prospect of the Brexit brigade copying Scottish Nationalists chivvying for a second independence referendum since losing by 55.3 % -44.7 % in their 2014 plebiscite on breaking up Britain.

Earlier, after Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell refused to rule the idea out (see 11.40 am), the party issued a statement that played down the prospect of a second Brexit referendum under Labour, without ruling it out entirely.