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1st September 2018
05:41pm BST

Anna Soubry and Chuka Umunna at the opening of parliament (Credit: Dan Kitwood)[/caption]
Other figures associated with the campaign include the Blairites Lord Adonis and Lord Mandelson.
Several anti-Brexit have been incorporated into the People's Vote umbrella including Our Future Our Choice (OFOC), For our Future's Sake (FFS) and Open Britain, which is the legal entity responsible for the People's Vote website and any data it controls.
On that website the group explains their motives:
"The People's Vote campaign seeks to ensure that the government's Brexit deal is put before the country in a public vote so that we can decide if a decision that will affect our lives for generations makes the country better or worse off. Good deal or bad deal, it's definitely a big deal - and that's why it should be put to a People's Vote."It's a condescending statement when considered alongside the history of UK-wide referendums. Before 2016 there had been two, one in 2011 and another in 1975, and the earlier was a Yes/No on joining the EU. To suggest another on the same topic in the next 40 years is not quite within constitutional convention. But proponents of a People's Vote argue that so exceptional is the risk posed by a 'no deal' Brexit that it requires an exceptional response. Nigel Farage even toyed with the idea of a second vote... https://twitter.com/politicsjoe_uk/status/969349807818100739 Judging by Michel Barnier's recent remarks, a 'no deal' outcome from negotiations looks highly unlikely. Whether that will quell calls for a referendum on a deal looks equally so.
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