By Ben Kerrigan-
Lord Malloch-Brown, a former UN deputy secretary general is masterminding a campaign to reverse the outcome of Brexit .
Brown said people have relaised that they were ”seriously missold on the reality of divorce proceedings. Brown said he was “unashamed” to declare that he wanted to reverse the decision to leave European Union and insisted that voters were already beginning to change their minds on the result.
It comes after a series of interventions on Brexit from senior politicians, including Tory peer Lord Heseltine – who said Brexit would be more damaging than a Jeremy Corbyn government – and Tony Blair, who urged Labour to abandon its confusing” and “mistaken” stance on Brexit or risk losing voters.
Lord Malloch-Brown has been co-ordinating efforts to oppose Brexit from a number of different groups since 2017. Groups on his campaigning team include ‘Open Britain’ and the grassroots group Best for Britain, who are determined changing public opinion before the conclusion of the Brexit deal
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Pro-EU campaigners are optimistic of capitalising on efforts by Conservative rebels to secure a “meaningful vote” for MPs on the terms of the Brexit deal, which came when the Government was defeated on an amendment to the EU (Withdrawal) Bill before Christmas.
Lord Malloch-Brown told BBC’s Daily Politics:
“I think people are changing their minds… I agree they haven’t changed it as dramatically as I would like to see.
“But it is moving because there is a deterioration in the economic situation.
“I think people are beginning to understand they were seriously mis-sold in the original referendum and the guys who fought for Stronger In didn’t mount as effective an argument as they should.”
It has become a “political suicide note” to admit liking Britain’s European neighbours, he said, although many people secretly do admire their counterparts on the Continent. In response to a question of whether Brexit could be stopped, Lord Malloch-Brown said:
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“Yes, there is a meaningful vote in October.
“A defeat of the Government on that will lead, I think, to either a second referendum, or an election, or some way of having a second chance on this.”
Lord Malloch Brown has been working with various constituencies where Mp’s in favour of Brexit are in the minority. Other politicians on the same page as him include Lord Heseltine. Capricious levels of inflation since the referendum has affected business confidence and questioned the decision to leave the European Union. However, whenever the Uk economy has shown signs of recovery and employment growth, Brexit has appeared to be riding the storm well. The huge uncertainty associated with a trade deal between the UK and the EU has led many to fear the economic future of Britain until the promise of a strong deal with America confuses the assessment.
Higher flight costs and unstable inflation is a price worth paying for he independence of our judiciary, according to staunch Brexitiers. The power to control our uncontrolled levels of immigration is also seen as one worth fighting to make Brexit work. The undeniable contribution immigrants make to the economy does not change the olitical position of Brexitiers who insist there are other alternatives to keeping the economy in good shape. Immigration like everything else should be controlled, but how long it will take to statistically see the necessary drop in immigration for a balanced country is not known. Britain cannot afford to lose too much of the skills and economic boost provided my immigrants, but at the same time don’t want too much of it.
This does not mean pursuing aggressive policies to frustrate immigrants legally residing in Britain, but will mean ensuring it is kept under control. Whether inside or outside the EU, immigration control is one of the necessary goals of every country. Reversing Brexit will be a huge task for Lord Malloch Brown, but achieving Brexit was just as unthinkable three years ago. Nobody knows what to expect in these fragile and uncertain times.
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