Brexit panel mocks Remainer as he calls for ANOTHER referendum on Britain quitting the EU
THE chief of a pressure group that campaigns for greater European integration was shot down by a panel after saying Britons will want a second Brexit vote.
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Michael Young, interim CEO of the European Movement, said Britons would realise the “sheer horror” of Brexit and change their minds on the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union.
But Ben Harris-Quinney, chairman of Conservative think tank, Bow Group, plus John Mills, chairman of Labour Leave, hit back and denied Brexit voters would be swayed.
Speaking on TRT World, Mr Young said: “If the deal that May brings back is voted down in Parliament, there is only two other alternatives.
“Either falling off the cliff edge, which you dispute, or maintaining the status quo.
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I would favour maintaining the status quo which means Britain remaining a full fulsome member of the European Union
“I would favour maintaining the status quo which means Britain remaining a full fulsome member of the European Union.”
He added British voters would come to realise the “cost of disentangling” from the Brussels bloc and “sheer horror” of quitting without a deal.
But, he was criticised by other members of the panel, including Mr Harris-Quinney, who pointed to the Liberal Democrats’ performance in last month’s General Election.
Mr Harris-Quinney said: “We’ve just had a general election where the Liberal Democrats stood on the basis of having a second referendum and they were totally wiped out.
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“They had a disastrous general election.”
Meanwhile, Nigel Farage has hit out at the BBC’s “biased” coverage of Brexit in a passionate outburst on his radio show, insisting “Project Fear is back”.
The former Ukip leader took to his LBC show to blast the broadcaster and its Radio 4 Today programme, claiming it did not give enough air time to pro-Brexit experts.
The frustrated MEP fired at the daily anti-Brexit “diet” on offer to viewers and listeners.
He said: “I see Project Fear back, absolutely on full track and it’s being aided by its friends in the liberal media.
“Yes I sounded like Donald Trump for a moment there but yes the BBC’s Today programme, it’s a great programme, it’s been around for decades, it’s got a big audience.
“D’you know, since Brexit there have been three times the number of pro-Remain contributors to the business slot than there have been Leave supporting experts.
“And you get this diet and that’s from independent research, you get this diet every single day – ‘Brexit is going to be a disaster’.”
He branded “bias” in the BBC’s coverage of the EU divorce “blatant” in a tweet shortly after the programme.