Downing Street has said the prime minister remains opposed to any form of referendum being attached to a Brexit deal, as the government prepares to enter its seventh week of talks with Labour to find a compromise. In an interview with the Guardian, Starmer said they could not expend much more time simply exploring each others’ positions. “People have been pessimistic that these discussions won’t go anywhere but they have continued, this is a crunch week.”The DUP leader, Arlene Foster, whose party is in a confidence and supply agreement with the government, said a confirmatory Brexit referendum would place democracy at risk. “We have a prime minister, frankly, who doesn’t have the vision for the United Kingdom post-Brexit that we all want to see. We want to see a United Kingdom that is strong post-Brexit and has a close relationship with Europe.”

Source: The Guardian May 13, 2019 12:00 UTC