Momentum to ballot members on People's Vote

Marcus Barnett - 24 August 2018

MOMENTUM will conduct a ballot of its members on whether to press Labour to back another referendum on EU membership, it announced today. An online poll of Momentum members has just passed 4,200 signatories and the left Labour organisation says a motion backed by 10 per cent of the membership prompts a ballot of all members.... See more



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