MP pushes for referendum on final Brexit deal

A SWANSEA MP wants to give people a second referendum on the final Brexit deal.

Geraint Davies insists “British people should have the last word” on the deal, but Theresa May has said a second referendum is “out of the question”.

Mr Davies’ Bill urging a second EU referendum will now have its second reading next month. It calls for a clear distinction on whether voters accept the eleventh-hour deal brokered by the Prime Minister in Brussels last week or choose to remain in the European Union.

Mr Davies has been campaigning for a second referendum since September 2017 when he submitted his Bill for its first reading.

He has proposed the following question for a second referendum: “Do you support the government’s proposed United Kingdom and Gibraltar exit package for withdrawal from the European Union or should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union?”

The answers would be either: “support the government’s proposed exit package” or “remain a member of the European Union”.

Mr Davies sai yesterday: “People who voted to leave the EU did so in good faith for more money – £350m a week for the NHS, Single Market access, to secure jobs and investment and to ‘take back control.’

“But now Theresa May’s ‘Bad Friday Agreement’ means every Welsh family must pay thousands towards the EU divorce bill, our Welsh export jobs – that’s 25,000 in Swansea Bay – are at risk from tariffs and the European Court of Justice will protect the rights of EU citizens but not British people.

“People in Swansea are saying ‘that’s not what we voted for’ . Over half of voters now want a referendum on the Exit Deal as they realise they will face a massive bill, higher prices, lost rights and protections and an exodus of companies and jobs. My Bill pulls the controls from incompetent ministers agreeing shoddy deals behind closed doors and gives the people the final say on the exit package and the right to stay in the EU if the deal is rejected.

“Wales should not be forced to pay more money just to lose jobs and investment when they voted for the opposite.”