UKâs Tony Blair argues voters deserve another say on Brexit
Tony Blair
FILE - This is a Thursday  Aug. 31  2017. file photo of European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker  left  as he welcomes  former British Prime Minister Tony Blair  prior to a meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels.  Blair  on Thursday Jan. 4  2018 was pressing  his  view that voters should be given a chance to re-think Brexit once plans for Britainâs departure from the European Union are clear. (Virginia Mayo  File/Associated Press)
LONDON â  Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair  is pressing  his  long-held view that voters should be given a chance to re-think Brexit once plans for Britainâs departure from the European Union are clear.
 Blair  said Thursday that the Labour Party  he  led for 13 years should be actively challenging Brexit rather than going along with plans laid out by Prime Minister Theresa May and her Conservative Party allies.
 Blair  and other opponents argue that voters should be able to review these terms and decide whether to go ahead rather than be bound by the 2016 referendum  which saw Britons back Brexit by a four-point margin.
âIâm simply saying one very  very simple thing  which is that in 2016 you knew you wanted to get out of the European Union but you didnât see the terms of the alternative relationship â  Blair  told the BBC radio. âIf when you see those terms you think it is better to stick with Europe you are entitled to have that say.â
In an article on his website   Blair  said Labour should challenge May every week at prime ministerâs question time by asking why the Conservatives are âweakening our country.â That approach is only credible   he  said  if Labour is clearly opposed to Brexit.
 Blair âs political stock fell dramatically with public opposition to  his  decision to join the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq  and there are no indications that  his  opposition to Brexit is gaining traction within the party  which has moved sharply to the left since making Corbyn its leader in 2105.
FILE - This is a Thursday  Aug. 31  2017. file photo of European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker  left  as he welcomes   [TGT] prior to a meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels.   [TGT] on Thursday Jan. 4  2018 was pressing   [TGT]   view that voters should be given a chance to re-think Brexit once plans for Britainâs departure from the European Union are clear. (Virginia Mayo  File/Associated Press)
LONDON â   [TGT] is pressing   [TGT]   long-held view that voters should be given a chance to re-think Brexit once plans for Britainâs departure from the European Union are clear.
  [TGT] said Thursday that the Labour Party   [TGT]   led for 13 years should be actively challenging Brexit rather than going along with plans laid out by Prime Minister Theresa May and her Conservative Party allies.
  [TGT] and other opponents argue that voters should be able to review these terms and decide whether to go ahead rather than be bound by the 2016 referendum  which saw Britons back Brexit by a four-point margin.
âIâm simply saying one very  very simple thing  which is that in 2016 you knew you wanted to get out of the European Union but you didnât see the terms of the alternative relationship â   [TGT] told the BBC radio. âIf when you see those terms you think it is better to stick with Europe you are entitled to have that say.â
In an article on his website    [TGT] said Labour should challenge May every week at prime ministerâs question time by asking why the Conservatives are âweakening our country.â That approach is only credible   he  said  if Labour is clearly opposed to Brexit.
  [TGT]  âs political stock fell dramatically with public opposition to   [TGT]   decision to join the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq  and there are no indications that   [TGT]   opposition to Brexit is gaining traction within the party  which has moved sharply to the left since making Corbyn its leader in 2105.