334 voted against it last week. Get 30 of them on side with the argument that 'this is the only way of getting May's deal through' and they win.
May of course would rather try to convince the die hards in her own party to back her deal, even though that'll never work.
Yeah I think involving May's deal is the only way a ref gets through. Though I'm not sure if you can win 30 over on a referendum with remain on the ballot, which it has to have to be of any value.
I see what you're getting at but he seems to frame it otherwise:
Also can i say that the idea of a referendum with more than two choices seems like a recipe for disaster.
Totally agree it has to be a 2-choicer. Personally I'm fine with multiple choice with maybe a ranking system, but the ensuing arguments no matter the result would be incredibly counterproductive.
Corbyn's problem is that all of Labour's moves are in the guise of 'stopping a damaging tory brexit'. It's constantly reactive, and everything is a wait and see. Of course he'd vote remain over May's deal, but ask him about Labours deal vs remain and he wouldn't have an answer, or just say Labours deal and piss a bunch of people off.
Can honestly see May machinating towards a ref of her deal vs no deal. In which case I have an aneurysm. I'm not the most ideological of types but it'd be a tempting thing to boycott, disastrous no deal asides.