London Mayor Sadiq Khan wants Brexit re-referendum

Sadiq Khan. File Pic

London Mayor Sadiq Khan on Sunday called for a second Brexit referendum as he criticised the Conservative party-led UK government's increasingly "chaotic approach" to the negotiations with the 28-member European Union (EU). He said the fresh vote should offer voters the choice of staying in the EU against any deal the UK government manages to strike or against a "no-deal" Brexit, if an agreement cannot be reached.

Writing in the 'Observer' newspaper, Khan warned that with the UK due to leave the EU in six months, by March 2019, it now faced either a "bad deal" or "no deal". "The need for another public vote on Brexit was never inevitable, or something I ever thought I'd have to call for," he said.

"But the reality is that the abject failure of the government and the huge risk we now face of either a bad deal or a 'no deal' Brexit means that giving people a fresh say on our future is now the right, and only, approach left for the good of our country," Khan added.

Barbs 'irritate' May
Theresa May on Sunday revealed her irritation at the constant speculation over her future as British prime minister. "I get a little bit irritated but this debate is not about my future. This debate is about the future of the people of the United Kingdom and the future of the United Kingdom. That's what I'm focused on and that's what we should all be focused on," she said.

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