SIX years will have passed next Thursday since Britain voted to leave the EU.
But defeated members of the Remain elite still have not given up hope we will one day be driven back into the clutches of Brussels.
Former prime minister Tony Blair has organised a conference at the end of this month to discuss ‘trading relationships post-Brexit’[/caption]
Today, the Sun launches Remoaner Watch – starting with leading figures from the world of politics and the media (plus the entire BBC) for whom a love of all things EU still burns bright.
We will be watching for more evidence of Remoanery as the weeks go by. So here goes . . .
SIR TONY BLAIR: Committed European Blair has organised a conference at the end of this month to discuss “trading relationships post-Brexit”, with key Remainers set to attend.
LORD ADONIS: The Labour peer and chair of the pro-EU pressure group European Movement still has a “stop Brexit” picture on his Twitter page. This week, he tweeted: “We need a new deal with the EU to get us back into the single market ASAP.”
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DAVID MILIBAND: Last Saturday, the former Labour Foreign Secretary tweeted his criticism of Brexit alongside a link to an article which proposes the UK adopting EU rules.
ANNA McMORRIN: The Labour frontbencher let the cat out of the bag at a private address to activists last week. In a recording obtained by The Sun, she said: “I hope eventually we will get back into the single market and the customs union.” Is this Labour’s real plan under Remainer Starmer?
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MICHAEL HESELTINE: Prominent pro-EU Tory Hezza suggested Britain could hand powers back to Brussels if Boris is removed from office. He said: “The Brexit agenda was a pack of lies. What happens if he goes? Does Brexit go? Throw the whole thing up in the air?”
TOBIAS ELLWOOD: Tory rebel Ellwood this month called for Britain to rejoin the single market – which would mean a return to free movement and uncontrolled migration.
It’s not unimaginable for us in 20 years’ time to have a set of economic arrangements with the EU.
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GEORGE OSBORNE: The ex-Chancellor led the 2016 campaign for Remain and this week declared he thinks the UK will move back towards a close relationship with the EU. He told LBC: “It’s not unimaginable for us in 20 years’ time to have a set of economic arrangements with the EU.”
SIR ED DAVEY: The Europhile Lib Dem leader favours and campaigns to bring back free movement between Britain and the EU.
THE BBC: Attorney General Suella Braverman, the UK’s top law officer, this week blasted the Beeb live on air for siding with Brussels in any argument with Britain. She snapped: “The BBC view . . . [is] that the UK Government is always malevolent and the EU is always acting as the . . . good guy.”
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MISHAL HUSAIN: The BBC Radio 4 Today show host caused outrage this week by making a comparison between the Government’s changes to Brexit regulations and Russia’s murderous invasion of Ukraine.
ROBERT PESTON: This week ITV’s Political Editor wrote an article attempting to make a link between Brexit and the Government’s policy of flying asylum seekers to Rwanda. Attorney General Braverman later accused Peston of “Remainiac make-believe”.
Tobias Ellwood this month called for Britain to rejoin the single market[/caption]
