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At the moment we're some way from the UK remaining. But Corbyn has said he supports another referendum, and there are rumours of another GE soon. (Although there always have been rumours of an Autumn election.)
So currently it's a remote possibility, but not an impossible one.
My best guess is that May is still trying to stall and posture to hide the fact that she's dedicated to a crash-out, and always has been, because that's what she agreed when she was anointed PM.
But I could be completely wrong about that - and she really is as incompetent, passive-aggressive, and delusional as she appears to be.
Do they want to vote on the withdrawal agreement? That's just a rerun of Remain/Leave dressed up differently. Schengen is toast!
Or perhaps The Deal, vs No Deal, vs Remain, with transferable votes.
A charitable interpretation of May's actions is that she set up Chequers as The Deal knowing it was impossible, which would leave Remain as the only possible result.
But that's more likely to be wishful thinking than reality.
Meanwhile rumours of a November election - possibly with a subtext of "This is your referendum" - are intensifying.
Of course, that could just be wishful thinking too.
In reality no one knows anything - including the people whose job it is to know things.
The leader of the union that is Labour's biggest financial backer has said remaining in the EU must not be an option in any new referendum on Brexit. Len McCluskey said it would be "wrong" and would risk pushing Labour voters who had backed Leave in the 2016 referendum to support the Conservatives.
Len McCluskey said it would be "wrong" and would risk pushing Labour voters who had backed Leave in the 2016 referendum to support the Conservatives.
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