UK’s Labour party ponders supporting new Brexit referendum

UK’s Labour party ponders supporting new Brexit referendum

LONDON (AP) – Britain’s Labour Party is facing a huge choice at its annual conference – whether to back a new referendum that could halt the country’s impending departure from the European Union.

Support from the main opposition party would be a major boost to campaigners for a second vote on Brexit.

Ever since Britain voted in 2016 to leave the EU, Labour has said it will respect the result. Now, with divorce negotiations with the EU stuck and Britain due to leave in March, many members think the party must change its course.

Britain’s Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, waves to supporters outside the International Slavery Museum at the Royal Albert Dock in Liverpool, England, as he arrives in the city for his party’s annual conference, Saturday Sept. 22, 2018. The annual Labour Party conference includes a weekend of full of various rallies and meetings, with thousands of people expected to greet party leaders. (Peter Byrne/PA via AP)

More than 100 local Labour associations have submitted motions to the conference, which starts Sunday, urging a new vote.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn told the Sunday Mirror newspaper if the party “makes a decision I will not walk away from it.”

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn speaks at Labour's National Women's Conference at the ACC, ahead of the party's annual conference, in Liverpool, England, Saturday Sept. 22, 2018. (Peter Byrne/PA via AP)

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn speaks at Labour’s National Women’s Conference at the ACC, ahead of the party’s annual conference, in Liverpool, England, Saturday Sept. 22, 2018. (Peter Byrne/PA via AP)

British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn speaks at a rally at Pier Head in Liverpool, England, Saturday Sept. 22, 2018, ahead of the party's annual conference in the city. (Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP)

British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn speaks at a rally at Pier Head in Liverpool, England, Saturday Sept. 22, 2018, ahead of the party’s annual conference in the city. (Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP)

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