Brexit Revote? Calls for a Second Referendum Grow Louder

The once-marginal campaign for a ‘People’s Vote’ has gained celebrity support

U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May narrowly survived a no-confidence vote triggered by lawmakers of her own party over her handling of Brexit. WSJ Brexit Editor Stephen Fidler explains why securing a deal has been so chaotic.

Max Colchester and

Jason Douglas

Updated Dec. 18, 2018 9:38 a.m. ET

LONDON—More than two years after Britons voted to leave the European Union, the U.K.’s politicians still can’t agree on what kind of Brexit they want. Now more lawmakers are calling for a do-over, a second referendum that could potentially reverse the results of the first.

About 150 members of Parliament back a new vote, including Labour, Scottish nationalists and a handful of Conservative legislators, according to Dominic Grieve, a Conservative member of Parliament who is supporting a fresh vote.

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