Boris Johnson Advocates Second Referendum
The recent voices being added to the Peoples' Vote campaign to have a referendum on the final Brexit deal might be dismissed by many in Government but it was actually something that Boris Johnson was in favour of before the referendum of 2016 when he first announced his intention to campaign in favour of Leave.
In his words "The way to get better deal is to vote Leave"
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/borisjohnson/12169386/Sorry-Boris-a-vote-to-leave-means-we-leave.html
It's surprising how much changes in the course of 2 years and that many things discussed back in 2016 have now been forgotten. The prospect of leaving the EU with no deal wasn't even mentioned as a possibility and when suggested it was dismissed as Project Fear. Now it's being touted as both better than a bad deal and possibly as likely as 60:40
These are a few links to 2016 articles that show quite how far the tone and substance of the debate has changed since 2016. It also highlights how the notion of the "will of the people" is quite a ridiculous concept when the views two years ago at the time of the vote were so different to the types of suggestion being touted as policy now.
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/brexit-petition-second-eu-referendum-how-to-get-new-vote-on-uk-membership-a7102646.html
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/eureferendum/11932990/Why-voting-to-leave-the-EU-might-not-actually-mean-Brexit.html
So if a second referendum was what Boris Johnson thought sensible back in 2016 it should be even more important now especially when it's also proven that Vote Leave cheated their expenses and it's shown that the campaign was built upon lies such as the poster above.
In his words "The way to get better deal is to vote Leave"
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/borisjohnson/12169386/Sorry-Boris-a-vote-to-leave-means-we-leave.html
It's surprising how much changes in the course of 2 years and that many things discussed back in 2016 have now been forgotten. The prospect of leaving the EU with no deal wasn't even mentioned as a possibility and when suggested it was dismissed as Project Fear. Now it's being touted as both better than a bad deal and possibly as likely as 60:40
These are a few links to 2016 articles that show quite how far the tone and substance of the debate has changed since 2016. It also highlights how the notion of the "will of the people" is quite a ridiculous concept when the views two years ago at the time of the vote were so different to the types of suggestion being touted as policy now.
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/brexit-petition-second-eu-referendum-how-to-get-new-vote-on-uk-membership-a7102646.html
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/eureferendum/11932990/Why-voting-to-leave-the-EU-might-not-actually-mean-Brexit.html
So if a second referendum was what Boris Johnson thought sensible back in 2016 it should be even more important now especially when it's also proven that Vote Leave cheated their expenses and it's shown that the campaign was built upon lies such as the poster above.
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