Labour Facing Snap Election Defeat If It Votes Down Brexit Bill, Shadow Minister Matthew Pennycook Warns

Labour’s shadow Brexit minister has warned that his party risks getting hammered in a snap general election if it votes down a bill to withdraw the UK from the EU.
In a blog for HuffPost UK, Matthew Pennycook said that voting against triggering the formal Article 50 process would force Theresa May into an election that would be fought on Europe and would lead to an even bigger Government majority for the Tories.
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