Second Brexit referendum call ‘unlikely’, says Watson
LABOUR deputy leader and Black Country MP Tom Watson has said it is “highly unlikely” his party would call for a second referendum on Brexit.
But he said the option hadn’t been taken “off the table”.
Mr Watson, MP for West Bromwich East, also mocked former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, who resigned in protest at Theresa May’s Brexit policy – saying Boris would make a good contestant on Love Island.
Speaking to BBC Radio 4, he said: “It is conceivable that there is no majority position for any deal in the current arrangements in Parliament.
“So, even though we’d prefer a meaningful vote in Parliament, and I have said many, many times it’s highly, highly, highly unlikely we will support a people’s vote, and we have not called for it, we haven’t taken that off the table because there is a rare set of circumstances where Parliament just can’t make a decision on it, and in those circumstances you’d keep your options open.
“But ... it’s highly, highly unlikely we’ll go down that route.”
He hit out at Boris Johnson, who was photographed signing his resignation letter.
Mr Watson said: “Look at that guy Boris Johnson, I mean, he’s got a career ahead of him on ‘Love Yourself Island’, I think.
“He’s the only politician in history who posed to sign his own resignation letter.”