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LONDON, Sept. 22-- The National Executive Committee (NEC) of Britain's main opposition Labor Party voted Sunday in favor of a statement outlining how the party would delay a decision on whether to back Britain staying in the European Union until after a general election. As part of a plan, put forward by party leader Jeremy Corbyn, a Labor government would strike a new Brexit deal with the EU and then put it to a public vote. There would be an option on the ballot paper to remain. But the strategy threatens to put Corbyn and the NEC on a collision course with leading front-bench Labor members, including shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry. Thornberry has called on Labor to make a clear statement now that it wants Britain to remain in the EU. The Times in London quoted Thornberry warning that Labor would lose 30 percent of its vote at the next general election unless it adopted an unambiguous pro-Brexit stance. Thornberry said the party would haemorrhage support to minority parties unless it campaigned against Brexit. She was backed by London's Labor mayor Sadiq Khan who said Corbyn must get party managers to get Labour MPs in the House of Commons to campaign to remain in the EU. The crunch will come Monday when thousands of delegates at the conference vote on what the party's Brexit policy should say. The minority Liberal Democrats has already voted at its conference to make its election pledge to keep Britain in the EU if it wins. | 
