May's government on verge of collapse: Labour Party's deputy leader
The opposition Labour Party's deputy leader Tom Watson has warned that the government of UK Prime Minister Theresa May is on the brink of collapse.
It would not be easy for the party's leadership to ignore the possibility of members at Labour's annual conference in Liverpool backing the idea of holding a “people's vote” second referendum on Brexit, Watson said Sunday.
"It seems to me inconceivable that if ... Labour Party conference decides it wants a manifesto pledge on a people’s vote, that we would defy that decision," he told Sky News.
"This government is on the verge of collapse, we could have another general election basically around Brexit."
Meanwhile, Britain's opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn said on the same day that he would prefer a national election to a second referendum on Brexit.
"Our preference would be for a general election and we can then negotiate our future relationship with Europe but let’s see what comes out of conference," he told BBC TV.
Corbyn said that if Labour was holding talks with Brussels, it would want a trade agreement with a customs union with the EU so there was no need for hard border on the island of Ireland, one of the main, yet unresolved issue in Brexit talks.
Brexit and Labour manifesto will be high on the agenda in the conference as leaders of the party seek a more united stance on the issues. A main topic for discussion is whether the party should push for a second Brexit referendum as the government led by Theresa May could fail to reach an agreement with the European Union before Britain leaves the bloc in March.
The UK and EU both want to avoid a hard border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland but cannot agree on how to achieve that.
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