Sentences with phrase «second referendum»

In other developments today, Nick Clegg insisted the Liberal Democrats - emboldened by by - election victory in Richmond - would vote against starting Brexit talks without a promised second referendum on the final deal.

The possibility of a demand for second referendum by Nicola Ferguson Sturgeon, leader of the Scottish National Party, and EU's tough stand against Britain made us forecast Pound's decline against the Greenback, on March 2nd.

Labour peer urges his party to support second referendum as he steps down as chair of national commission

If Labour suddenly went on a «Second Referendum Now — We must Stay» policiy it would lose most of that third.

In fact, the only second referendum whose effect would be clear is one where the options are to leave on the terms that have been negotiated or to reject those terms and hope we can get something better before being forced, under the terms of Article 50, to leave without having negotiated any terms at all.

A plurality of those who did not vote in the referendum say that they would vote Remain in a hypothetical second referendum.

The Scottish Tory leader, Ruth Davidson, has accused the SNP of copying the tactics of the leave campaign and seeking to «weaponise Brexit» in an attempt to boost support for Scottish independence before a possible second referendum.

David Cameron «wonders» whether Lib Dems behind Sturgeon memo leak Nicola Sturgeon hints at second referendum push in 2016 Ed Miliband: Labour will scrap non-dom tax rule Coalition Report Card

Scotland's first minister says she will seek progressive alliance with Labour and admits second referendum was factor in losing 21 seats

Alex Salmond says he and Nicola Sturgeon agree last year's Scottish elections gave party mandate for second referendum

Goldman CEO Lloyd Blankfein has been taunting the U.K. government over Twitter in recent weeks about how he's getting ready to spend more time in Frankfurt after Brexit, as well as gently nudging the country to have a second referendum in case it wanted to change its mind.

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.

Leaders of the campaign stress that this wouldn't be «a second referendum,» or, in other words, a mere repeat of the June 2016 vote.

Leaders of both the Conservative and Labour parties, which don't normally agree on much, have ruled out the possibility of holding 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.

LONDON (AP)-- British lawmakers will debate a public petition on whether to hold a second referendum on the country's membership in the European Union.

Brexit (as the act of Britain leaving the EU is commonly referred) is non-binding, so some people are pushing for a second referendum.

With this non-binding referendum, there are so many possible scenarios that may play out including a second referendum.

Scottish leader floats notion of second independence vote Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon says late 2018 could be the best time for a second referendum on independence from the United Kingdom.

In Arlington Heights, some candidates are calling for a second referendum to build an addition to the library; a similar effort failed last year.

This second referendum would stand as a ratification of the agreement with the UK (a ratification that, the Constitution Unit argues, is needed to approve the deal), as a vote to join the European Union, and, finally, as an approval of Scotland's new constitution.

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.

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

For all this controversy, Cable believes a second referendum on the Brexit deal, including an option to remain a member of the EU, is vital.

The reaction of those pushing for a second referendum is reminiscent of Bertolt Brecht's quip, «Would it not be easier in that case for the government to dissolve the people and elect another?»

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.

However, Sturgeon may feel that she can use the impact of Brexit to her advantage and nudge the numbers far enough in her favour that a second referendum is a gamble worth taking.

That means there's no second referendum; no attempts to sort of stay in the EU by the back door; that we're actually going to deliver on this.

Of the 19 times a referendum on an EU treaty has been offered (not counting the 3 times a second referendum has been held following an initial rejection) the treaty has passed eight times, been rejected five times and the referendum cancelled six times.

It would be a mistake to assume that a second referendum will be held any time soon.

But, while it's always a delight to hear from Salmond on what he'd do if he was still the boss, Sturgeon will not press the button on a second referendum until she is quite sure she will win it.

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

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.

She knows there will be no better chance to hold a second referendum on independence than in the context of Brexit and the collapse of the Scottish Labour party.

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 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.

He said the «point of no return» had already passed, adding that there would be «no attempts to remain inside the EU, no attempts to re-join it by the back door and no second referendum».

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

He almost achieved this with his eyecatching proposal for a second referendum on Brexit.

The answer is not London MPs trying overturn the result or having a second referendum.

The SNP's landslides in Westminster and in the Scottish elections add weight to claims for a second referendum, he argues.

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

That means this is a high - stakes gamble for a party leader still trying to assuage the grassroots» desire for a second referendum while placating a wider electorate thoroughly sick of constitutional politics.

Many of us didn't love the outcome but he needs to show how he can make it work by being an effective leader and helping shape the negotiations instead of only reaching for the second referendum lever.

The nadir was probably her assertion that a second referendum «would be betraying the British people».

But as Chris Hanretty, an academic at the University of East Anglia, has pointed out, the petition for a second referendum is dominated by voters from areas which voted Remain.

Depending on whether this first referendum takes place, and the international reaction towards it, there could be a second referendum — on RS independence — which Mr Dodik has been repeatedly announcing (most recently for 2018).

May has said that «now is not the time» for Scotland to hold a second referendum, but Scottish lawmakers ignored her appeals, supporting the motion by 69 votes to 59.