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ANTI-BREXIT activist Femi Oluwole was shut down after claiming British expats would lose the right to live in their homes in the European Union if the UK failed to sign a deal with Brussels.
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Anti-Brexit campaigner Femi Oluwole suggested 1.4 million British citizens living abroad would lose the right to stay in the European Union without a deal.
Mr Oluwole suggested that failing to secure an agreement with the bloc would strip expats of their right to live in any EU member state.
But talkRADIO host Julia Hartley-Brewer called him out, saying: "No, it doesn’t. That’s a load of nonsense.
"Why on Earth would that happen? I bet my house on it."
Ms Hartley-Brewer, who also said she would be "perfectly happy with a no deal", was backed by the Institute of Economic Affairs boss Mark Littlewood.
Mr Littlewood listened to Mr Oluwole's claims, visibly shaking his head, before adding: "We are not going to have 1.4 million people evacuated."
The anti-Brexit campaigner hit back saying that both Brexiteers were in a "very privileged condition" to have no fear about a no deal Brexit.
Mr Oluwole said: "It’s a very, very privileged condition being able to say that no deal is acceptable.
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"No deal means the 1.4 million British people who are living on the other side of the Channel would have no right to live in their own home."
He also suggested people arguing against a second Brexit referendum are to be considered "undemocratic", insisting British voters should have a say on the final deal agreed on with Brussels.
Mr Oluwele continued: "One could just as strongly argue that the democratic thing to do is for people to have a say.
"One of the major arguments behind Brexit in the first place was ‘we never signed up to this.’ ‘We never signed up to this, we signed up to a simple trade agreement in 1974 and it became something different.’
"Right now we have an opportunity that to have a say on what our new relationship with the EU is going to be. I think it’s undemocratic to argue we shouldn’t get one."
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Tory frontbencher Alistair Burt, who backed Remain at the EU referendum, launched a survey on his constituency website seeking local views on the possibility of a re-run of the historic vote.
Mr Burt said he wanted to gauge opinion in his North East Bedfordshire constituency after a number of residents had voiced "anger and concern" about the progress with the country's withdrawal from the bloc.
But Eurosceptic Tory MPs accused him of breaching government policy given Theresa May's repeated rejection of demands for a second EU referendum.
Tory MP and Leave campaigner Andrew Bridgen said: "Alistair Burt is an arch-Europhile. I hope this is not an indication of the way Government policy is heading.
"We haven't yet implemented the will of the people from the first referendum.
"I am not finding anyone in North West Leicestershire asking me for a second referendum.”