Should Labour champion remain now?

The Tories will now vote in a PM that will take the UK out of the EU regardless of economic cost.

Labours bet route now is to become the serious opposition, all parties combined that have a remain stance got more votes than the Brexit party.

Seems there is a genuine remain force out there and Labour would be advised to harness it.  There is nothing to loose. If the Tories take us out without a deal and its negative for the country then that's a bonus for Labour.

If Labour go the remain route then they would pick up a lot of votes from the Lib Dems and Greens.

The vote to leave was so slim its obvious or should be now that both sides cannot be kept happy, Labour now has to accept that and become champions of the remain side yes they will loose the vote of the brexiteers. but hey ho you cant please all of the people all of the time and its obvious from the EU vote that a lot of votes are going to remain parties.

The Tories will be tarred by the brush of the past couple of years regardless what happens now.

We shall see what pans out.

What Did The EU Referendum Booklet Say

This little gem is doing the rounds so like a good little fence sitter I thought Id check out the facts.

Did the EU referendum booklet say 

"that a vote to leave meant leaving the single market, the customs union and the ECJ. If you vote to leave the Government will carry out your instructions."

The short answer is no. 

The map is accurate but ......

The facts are....

The booklet never said that a vote to leave meant leaving the single market, nor did it say it meant leaving the customs union and the ECJ ....... all it said was

A more limited trade deal with the EU would give the UK less access to the Single Market than we have now – including for services, which make up almost 80% of the UK economy. For example, Canada’s deal with the EU will give limited access for services, it has so far been seven years in the making and is still not in force.

"This is your decision. The government will implement what you decide."

LINKS

webarchive.nationalarchives: An important decision for the UK

assets.publishing.service.gov.uk: Why the Government believes that voting to remain in the European Union is the best decision for the UK.

Changing the Exit day from the EU from March 29th

How can the UK “exit day” be changed?

“Exit day” is defined in primary legislation. Changing it would therefore normally require further primary legislation. However the EU (Withdrawal) Act 2018 specifically contemplated the possibility of an extension being sought and granted, and allows exit day’s definition to be changed in those circumstances by secondary legislation.
Section 20(4) allows a Minister of the Crown to change exit day provided that a draft statutory instrument has been laid before and approved by both the House of Commons and the House of Lords. However, it can only be used:
“to ensure that the day and time specified in the definition are the day and time that the Treaties are to cease to apply to the United Kingdom.”
In practice this means that an extension must first have been agreed to at EU level before any such regulations can be made to change the date. As the Government itself said in a written statement on Friday 15 March:
“It is expected that the EU will use the March European Council on the 21 and 22 March 2019 to consider and reach a decision on a request from the UK to extend the Article 50 period.
As soon as possible following agreement at the EU level we will bring forward the necessary legislation to amend the definition of exit day in domestic legislation. This statutory instrument will be laid, before it is made, under section 20(4) of the EU (Withdrawal) Act 2018.
This legislation is subject to the draft affirmative procedure and so would need to be actively approved in each House. The legislation would give effect to any agreement with the EU on an extension, so would not be laid before Parliament until that agreement had been reached.”

https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/brexit/negotiations/what-is-exit-day-dispelling-misconceptions-about-the-extension-of-article-50/ 

MPs reject a no-deal Brexit

MPs reject a no-deal Brexit by 312 to 308, in a non-binding vote.....

Its worth remembering though that the EU Referendum was non binding as well.

Having said that, because article 50 was put into UK law the default legal position is, we leave on 29th march 2019 either with a deal or with no deal ...unless a delay is agreed with the EU.

LINKS

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Referendums_in_the_United_Kingdom

https://fullfact.org/europe/was-eu-referendum-advisory