"We must never again let the London liberal elite try and overturn and cancel a democratic vote, absolutely disgraceful."If it's that disgraceful, why has there not been a legal challenge? Has anybody broken any laws? If not, then where is there any disgrace?Bercow on the actual elite - Johnson's friend Cameron:-"In an exclusive interview with the Observer that will be published on Sunday morning, Bercow also suggests Cameron called the 2016 Brexit referendum for selfish political reasons, rather than because there was a strong clamour for a public vote on leaving the EU from the British people.Asked about his relationships with Eton-educated Cameron and Boris Johnson, Bercow, who attended a comprehensive school in north London, says that he gets on well with the current prime minister, but is less keen on Johnson’s predecessor but one.Bercow says that Cameron “could be very impressive” on big occasions but adds: “David is relentlessly tactical rather than strategic. Let’s face it, he chose to call the referendum. Was there a clamour for it? There was not. There was chuntering in his own party, but the public wasn’t demanding one. He just thought it would work for him."https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/nov/09/john-bercow-david-cameron-born-to-rule-brexit-referendum"On Brexit, Bercow says the decision to leave the EU is the biggest foreign policy mistake by a British government in the postwar period. He also criticises Brexiters for campaigning to leave the EU before they had devised a detailed plan about how a UK withdrawal could be achieved, and would work.This lack of forethought by Brexiters meant the last three years of his time as Speaker were dominated by rows in parliament between Remainers and Leavers, leading in the end to total deadlock.“I had assumed that the architects of, and proselytisers for, Brexit, would have a clear idea of what they wanted. I was surprised there wasn’t greater clarity,” he says."Brexiters are a shower, an absolute shower.
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