TODAY is the third anniversary of the day Britain voted Leave in the EU referendum. In numbers that’s 17.4 million votes. Three years. No Brexit.
Brexit has suffered three major betrayals by the political establishment. Yet the worst may be to come. We could be facing the biggest betrayal of all if they prevent the UK from leaving on the new deadline of October 31. Let’s just remind ourselves of those three great Brexit betrayals.
The first was even before the referendum, when the Westminster parties deceived voters into believing that our vote would count.
In June 2015, MPs backed a referendum by 544 votes to 43. During the referendum campaign, David Cameron’s government spent £9million of public money sending a Remain propaganda pamphlet to every household, stating clearly that “the Government will implement what you decide”.
We have learned that they should have added “…so long as you make the right decision, to Remain”.
The second great betrayal came in the 2017 general election. Both the Tories and Labour stood on manifesto commitments to implement Brexit and break free from the rules of the European single market and customs union.
Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour promised “to respect the result of the referendum” and that “the freedom of movement would end once we leave the EU”.
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See Also:
(1) Brexit secret: Nigel Farage and Tory bosses in talks to block Corbyn from power
(3) Sky News set to cancel Tory leadership debate after Boris Johnson refuses to take part
(5) Brexit Party chiefs announce they will legally challenge Peterborough by-election result
