BREXIT BUT BRIMS

CALLS for a second referendum on Brexit are mounting as Britain approaches the last six months  before leaving the EU - but the sands of time could be running out for diehard Remainers.

London Mayor Sadiq Khan this week became the latest big name to call for a vote, joining former ministers Tony Blair and John Major and celebrities like football star Gary Linekar.

The liberal Democrats, the only major political party advocating a vote, will push their message again at a conference on Tuesday.

At the meeting in Brighton, party leader Vince Cable will urge Prime Minister Theresa May to ''lead her party and the country by opening her mind to a  people's vote on the final deal.

The government is opposed, while the main opposition Labour Party is not supporting the calls but also not ruling out the prospect.

Supporters of a second referendum are also divided over what the actually question might be, including whether it should include a question on staying in the EU.

''What would a second referendum be about? That's not clear at all,'' said  London School of Economics professor Sara Hobolt.

Referendum ''Unlikely'' : Time is running down, as Britain is set to leave the European Union on March 29, 2019.

In the 2016 referendum, 52 % voted to leave and 48  percent wanted to stay.

Hobolt said polls indicate those proportions have reversed, with 52% who would now back staying in the block.

She also pointed to ''a marked increase in people's support for a second referendum,'' pointing to a   YouGov poll  in July in which 42% of Britons favoured a referendum on the terms of the Brexit deal - against 40% who were opposed.

But Hobolt doubted whether a new vote could take place without the support of either of the main parties.

The honor and serving of the news on Brexit vote and Referendum continues.[Agencies]