Tom Watson on Brexit: ‘Me leave Labour? It’s leaving me’

Deputy leader calls for party to back a second referendum and remaining in the EU. Labour’s deputy leader, Tom Watson, has said he believes his party would be “leaving me” if it cannot fully endorse a second referendum, hours after giving a speech in which he said it should be the party of remain. Watson told the BBC that Labour “certainly might lose some votes” for backing a referendum, but would pay “a very high electoral price” for not taking a clear