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Dear Mr Corbyn MP,

I am deeply concerned by the direction that Brexit is heading in and I know many of my friends and family feel the same.

We’ve all learned so much since the vote in 2016 about what Brexit could look like and it would be only fair, democratic and frankly sensible to allow the people to vote on whether they like the terms being offered.

I realise you are a very busy person, but I hope you can spend 8'35'' of your time to watch Stephen Rea's "Cry from the Irish border" to have an idea of what I'm referring to.

Over 700,000 people marched for a people's vote on 20th October and I was with them, along with my wife and 6yo son. At the end of the march I heard from Sarah Wollaston, a Tory MP, the best rationale in support of a democratic vote on Brexit's terms: it is like being rolled into an operating theatre and told the surgery we are having has changed massively, but it's too late to change our minds because our parents signed the consent form 2 years ago.

Best for Britain's research shows that more than 2.6 million Leave voters have turned their backs on Brexit and now support staying in the EU and 112 formerly Leave voting constituencies have now shifted to backing Remain. It’s hardly surprising. It shows that people like me are not alone in wanting the chance to think clearly and rationally about the future of Britain before we make one of the biggest decisions we have ever made as a nation.

You can read all the data about the switch here.

So I ask you as my MP and representative, please publicly commit to supporting a people’s vote on the terms of the Brexit deal with an option to stay in the EU. Please give us the option to stop hearing the constant Brexit means Brexit obtuse litany.

I would appreciate it if you could answer the following questions so I can understand your position on this important matter:

  1. Do you support giving the people a vote on the Brexit deal?
  2. Do you agree the people's vote should include an option to remain in the EU?

Yours sincerely,

Tom Alisi London, United Kingdom

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