Tottenham MP David Lammy calls for a vote in the Commons next week "to decide whether we should go forward with Brexit".
05:17, UK,Sunday 26 June 2016
Senior Labour MP David Lammy has urged Parliament to "stop this madness" and vote to overturn the result of the EU referendum.
The former minister said the Commons should "bring this nightmare to an end through a vote in Parliament".
The MP for Tottenham added: "Our sovereign Parliament needs to now vote on whether we should exit the EU.
"The referendum was an advisory, non-binding referendum.
"The Leave campaign's platform has already unravelled and some people wish they hadn't voted to leave.
"Parliament now needs to decide whether we should go forward with Brexit, and there should be a vote in Parliament next week.
"Let us not destroy our economy on the basis of lies and the hubris of Boris Johnson."
However, he faced criticism on Twitter for insisting the poll was non-binding, being branded "anti-democratic" and "elitist".
UKIP leader Nigel Farage said his comments would push more Labour voters to his party.
Mr Farage said in a twitter post: Labour MP David Lammy demands MPs ignore the referendum result. I'm sure that will drive more Labour voters to UKIP."
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has already ruled out a second EU referendum despite an online petition calling for a rerun of the vote attracting more than 2.7 million supporters.
"The referendum has taken place, a decision has been made, I think we have got to accept that decision and work out our relationship with Europe in the future," Mr Corbyn said.
More than 110,000 people have signed a separate petition on the Change.org website, calling on new London mayor Sadiq Khan to declare the capital independent from the UK and apply to join the European Union.
The referendum saw 51.9% of votes cast to leave the EU, versus 48.1% for Remain, with a turnout of 72.2%, according to the Electoral Commission.
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