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    Let’s Have Another Brexit Vote

    As a member of Parliament, I believe the public should have a say in how to move forward.
    by Alison McGovern Feb 01, 2019 3 minutes
    Source: Henry Nicholls / Reuters

    From the point of view of those outside Britain, Brexit must look like a mess. And how it looks is how it is. A mess. As a longtime Labour Party politician and a member of Parliament since 2010, I believe the only way out is through another referendum.

    Now, I can imagine that people might wonder, having had our politics turned upside down by a ballot measure, why anyone would think another one is wise. The reason is that the 2016 Leave campaign was inherently contradictory. Brexiteers argued that by voting to sever itself from the

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