Early Parliamentary General Election Bill

Debate between Andrew Percy and Tommy Sheppard

3rd reading: House of Commons & Committee: 1st sitting: House of Commons
Tuesday 29th October 2019 Commons Chamber

[Andrew Percy]

No, I am in the middle of this point.

[Tommy Sheppard]

rose—

[Andrew Percy]

If the hon. Gentleman will give me a moment to let me finish my point, I will then give way to him.

We have seen consistently throughout that people who did not vote for Brexit and are on the other side of the debate consistently tell Brexit voters what it is that we voted for, and they think they have the right to interpret what—

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[Andrew Percy]

I am responding to a speech made in the Chamber, Sir Lindsay, and directly to a point that was made.

[Tommy Sheppard]

I am very grateful to the hon. Gentleman for giving way because I just want to clarify this on the record. At no time has any of us ever said that people did not know what they were voting for in the Brexit referendum in 2016. What we do say is that they were wilfully lied to in that campaign.

[Andrew Percy]

That is exactly the point. It is saying that the people who voted remain knew full well what they were doing, but Brexit voters were misled, they were a bit daft, they were lied to and, uniquely, they could not see through it.