People are trying to DISCREDIT Brexit, economist warns over claims Brexit vote was INVALID
SOME Brits are still yet to come to terms with the Brexit vote and are attempting to “discredit” it amid claims that the Leave campaign was “totally illegal”, according to economist Liam Halligan.
Liam Halligan: Remainers are STILL trying to discredit Brexit
British economist and author of Clean Brexit Liam Halligan hit back at reports the Leave campaign “cheated” as he slammed people attempting to thwart the Brexit vote.
Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Westminster Hour, Mr Halligan said: “There does seem to be a sense here of people who haven’t come to terms with the referendum result.
“Trying to revisit the referendum result and constantly discredit it.
“And, you know what, when we leave, we can spend the £10billion a year we give to the EU on the NHS if we want.”
Brexit news: Liam Halligan said people are still trying to revisit the referendum result
There does seem to be a sense here of people who haven’t come to terms with the referendum result
Whistle-blower Shahmir Sanni, who helped run the BeLeave campaign, claims the Brexit referendum “wasn’t legitimate”.
Mr Sanni's allegations - denied by Vote Leave - centre on a £625,000 donation from Vote Leave to BeLeave.
He claimed the cash violated spending limits because it was not a genuine donation.
Mr Sanni told Channel 4 News: ”I know that Vote Leave cheated. I know that people have been lied to and that the referendum wasn't legitimate.”
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He added: “Leaving the European Union, I agree with. But I don’t agree with losing what it means to be British in that process; losing what it means to follow the rules; losing what it means to be quite literally a functioning democracy.”
Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson hit back at the “utterly ludicrous” allegations that Vote Leave broke spending rules during the referendum campaign.
In a furious statement, Mr Johnson said: "Vote Leave won fair and square – and legally. We are leaving the EU in a year and going global."
A Vote Leave spokesman said it had "twice been cleared on this matter by the Electoral Commission" adding: "As has been the case throughout, Vote Leave is obligated to review - to the extent it can after this long elapsed period since the referendum - all such allegations, and is doing so.
"We will as appropriate share any relevant findings with the Electoral Commission, again as we have always done."
An Electoral Commission spokeswoman said: "The commission has a number of investigations open in relation to campaigners at the EU Referendum; it does not comment on live investigations."