The people’s vote

Given that there is little chance of the UK getting a good deal from the European Union, accepting the Electoral Commission’s findings of illegal over-expenditure by the two Leave organisations in the 2016 referendum and by the Democratic Unionist Party spending dark money on a London Metro spread before June 23, acknowledging the monstrous lies told by Boris Johnson and the immigrant scare stories spread by Nigel Farage, it is time to reconsider.

Johnson’s appointment as foreign secretary was the ultimate in cynicism. The alliance with the DUP when 56 per cent of Northern Ireland voters opted to remain in the EU is equally cynical. Indeed, the involvement of Cambridge Analytica and Aggregate IQ using Facebook as a means of influencing voters in itself invalidates the 2016 referendum.

Theresa May should respect the Northern Irish decision to remain in the EU and give them special access to the Customs Union and Single European Market. Then, UK banks could relocate in Belfast instead of going to Paris or Frankfurt. The Irish border conundrum would also be solved.

The prime ministers of Malta and the Czech Republic have called for a referendum on the final deal.

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