Brexit latest - 'Majority of Brits REGRET vote' Labour MEP lashes out at Theresa May
Mary Honeyball told France24 people were confused and the mandate for Brexit is not holding up after the UK General Election. She said: “Everyone wants to see national unity, it’s difficult to argue with it. “But I think Britain at the moment is very far from united. In fact, I think people are very confused. “The result of the referendum does not seem to be holding because recent opinion polls have shown there is a majority of people now who wish they had voted differently.
GETTY • FRANCE24 Mary Honeyball said most people regretted their vote in the Brexit referendum
“That is an important matter. The country is very confused obviously, otherwise, we would not have had the election result we did have.” Ms Honeyball said the generational divide was becoming more apparent and Mrs May needed to “think hard” about what she meant when she called unity in the UK. She said: “Perhaps, more importantly, there is a huge divide between the young and the old and that was very much reflected in the General Election result. “The young voted overwhelmingly for my party, Labour, elder people voted Conservative and that divide is becoming more and more apparent. “So I think talking about national unity is a difficult concept at the moment and I think Mrs May should think quite hard about what she means by that.”
In fact, I think people are very confused Mary Honeyball
Meanwhile, Co-Chairman of Leave Means Leave, John Longworth, argued pro-Brussels politicians in the establishment could attempt to backtrack on Brexit. Speaking to the BBC, the former Director-General of the British Chambers of Commerce, added opting to become a member of the European Economic Area (EEA) would mean undermining the EU referendum result. Mr Longworth said: “When the campaign took place to leave the European Union, all the people who supported Leave made it clear what Leave means. “That it means taking control of our own borders, having Parliamentary Sovereignty, having our courts rule over the UK and not the European Court of Justice and having the freedom to create a better economy for ourselves.
Brexit debate in pictures Mon, April 17, 2017 The debate in the European Parliament in Strasbourg will focus on key issues of the Brexit talks including reciprocal rights for EU citizens, the peace process in Northern Ireland and trade Play slideshow AFP/Getty Images 1 of 23 Former leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) Nigel Farage (L) gestures as he speaks with EU Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker (R) prior to a debate on the conclusions of the last European Council, at the European Parliament in Strasbourg