Britain's main opposition Labour Party is throwing its weight behind efforts to hold a second Brexit referendum
Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May poses with European Council President Donald Tusk during a summit between Arab League and European Union member states, in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, February 24, 2019.
The EU has been watching with growing alarm the possibility that Britain will crash out of the bloc without a deal, risking chaos on both sides of the Channel.Britain remains as divided as ever over Brexit, which a narrow majority of voters called for in a June 2016 referendum. Labour then said if its plan was rejected, it would lend its support to an amendment on holding a second referendum on EU membership – without specifying a date.
Taking a united stand, the EU and its remaining 27 countries have repeatedly rebuffed May's efforts to reopen the Brexit deal struck with her government in November.
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