Britain's main opposition party took a step at its annual conference toward backing a new referendum on Brexit but stopped short of saying the vote should include an option not to leave the European Union at all.
Delegates at the Labour Party conference in the northwestern English city of Liverpool will debate a motion Tuesday saying that if Parliament rejects the government's Brexit deal, "Labour must support all options remaining on the table, including campaigning for a public vote."
Party finance spokesman John McDonnell said Monday that "we argued for 'remain' in the past but we lost that vote so we have to respect that." But Labour lawmaker David Lammy, who backs a second vote, said a referendum offering the choice between "no deal or a bad deal" would be "farcical."
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