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UK's LaborParty to Back Proposal for Public Brexit Vote

by Reuters

   LONDON --

   Britain's opposition Labor Party will put forward or support an
   amendment in favor of a public vote to prevent a damaging Brexit, the
   party's Brexit spokesman said on Wednesday.

   British lawmakers voted 323-240 against a Labor proposal for a
   permanent customs union with the EU.

   "Disappointed the government has rejected Labor's alternative Brexit
   deal," Labor Member of Parliament Keir Starmer said. "That's why Labor
   will put forward or support an amendment in favor of a public vote to
   prevent a damaging Tory Brexit."