Campaigners for a second Brexit referendum are hoping to harness the energy demonstrated by Saturday’s 700,000-strong march in London to lobby MPs in the run-up to a crucial Commons vote.
The People’s Vote group will focus on 50 Conservative MPs – including five ministers – who they believe could be persuaded to vote for a second referendum should Theresa May’s final Brexit deal be voted down.
About eight Tory MPs, including Anna Soubry and Dominic Grieve, have publicly declared their support for another referendum. However, People’s Vote sources say there are a dozen more who are “on the doorstep” and a further 30 who are “reachable”, though they will not name them.
Alastair Campbell, a former No 10 director of communications under Tony Blair, emailed People’s Vote supporters on Sunday urging them to show the “same passion and urgency” they did on the march in lobbying MPs.
“I come from a Labour background but we’re working across the political spectrum with MPs and activists from all parties in a non-stop effort to win this fight,” Campbell wrote.
However, other remain campaigners question whether it would be possible to win over more than two dozen Tories, and argue that it would be better to focus on winning the support of Labour MPs in leave-voting areas, such as Gareth Snell and Ruth Smeeth, who represent constituencies in Stoke-on-Trent. [...]
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