Last month, lawmakers overwhelmingly rejected May’s 585-page withdrawal agreement, negotiated over two years with her European counterparts. May hasn’t yet managed to sweeten the deal.

On Wednesday, Parliament decisively voted against a one-page outline of a Brexit plan proposed by the opposition Labour Party and its leader, Jeremy Corbyn.

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Labour’s vision for a soft Brexit would have seen Britain remain closely aligned with E.U. customs, tariff and regulatory regimes and the continent’s single market. Such a relationship would have meant that Britain would continue to allow E.U. migrants to live and work in the United Kingdom, while withdrawing from the E.U. legislature.

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The British Parliament’s rejection of Labour’s plan — widely expected — boxes a reluctant Corbyn into throwing his weight behind a new public vote on Brexit.

Amid fears of further defections from within its ranks, the Labour Party announced earlier this week that it would support a second referendum if its own Brexit proposal was rejected.

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Corbyn confirmed in a statement Wednesday night: “We will back a public vote in order to prevent a damaging Tory Brexit or a disastrous no-deal outcome.”

While momentum for a second referendum has grown in recent months — and advocates swarmed Westminster on Wednesday — it’s not clear how many lawmakers actually want a do-over.

A second referendum would enrage parts of the British public, including many of the pro-Brexit demonstrators outside of Parliament on Wednesday, some holding aloft placards that read “leave means leave” and “Brexit means Brexit — not blackmail.”

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As British lawmakers acknowledged that they may have ask Brussels to allow a delay, European leaders warned that an extension would not be automatic.

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