Downing Street dismisses Boris Johnson’s suggestion of moment vote,with PM’s spokesman saying: ‘A vote to leave is a vote to leave’Downing Street has quashed a suggestion by Boris Johnson that a moment referendum could be held on Britain’s relationship with the EU even whether the UK votes to leave in the poll on 23 June.
As David Cameron prepared to outline his plans to change Britain’s relationship with the EU, No 10 said the prime minister would invoke article 50 of the Lisbon treaty – the mechanism for leaving the EU – in the event of a vote to leave. This would trigger two years of negotiations after which the UK would be presented with a take-it-or-leave-it package by the EU.
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Source: theguardian.com