Originally Posted by
KerrAvon
The Conservatives don't need a majority within their party to 'propose' a further referendum. The government can introduce any bill that it pleases, whenever it wants to.
The lack of support for a further referendum within the Tory Party makes it unlikely that the government would choose to introduce a referendum bill, but there was a quiet revolution a couple of weeks ago, when Parliament moved passed the amendment introduced by Dominic Grieve.
Arguably, the Grieve amendment empowers Parliament to direct the government to introduce a referendum bill. There may be enough Tories who would be willing to join Labour in the betrayal of the leave voters who supported them last year to pull the stunt off.