I find the situation bizarre, because it was this Parliament that gave the people the chance to have a referendum. It put the question that people voted on, but people did not vote in quite the way that it wanted. For possibly the first time, it is not that politicians have let the people down, but that people have let politicians down.
Leaving the European Union
Proceeding contribution from
Nigel Evans
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 11 March 2019.
It occurred during e-petition debate on Leaving the European Union.
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Session
2017-19
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
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2020-02-19 11:32:42 +0000
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