Gina Miller denounces Brexit ‘lies’ and renews calls for a second referendum at Lib Dem conference (but she insists it’s NOT a leadership bid)
- Anti-Brexit activist is the main speaker at Lib Dem conference in Brighton today
- She denounced politicians for failing to rise to the challenge of stopping Brexit
- Miller told Lib Dem members to keep pushing for a second vote on the EU
- But in a briefing later Miller insisted people should stop saying ‘Stop Brexit’
Gina Miller denounced Brexit ‘lies’ today as she renewed calls for a second referendum at the Liberal Democrat conference.
Despite being the star attraction at the party gathering in Brighton today, the anti-Brexit activist insisted she was not their ‘leader in waiting’.
Ms Miller insisted politicians were failing to rise to the challenge of Brexit and lashed ‘fascism’ on both left and right of British politics.
She called out leading Brexiteers Boris Johnson, Michael Gove and David Davis for failing to offer a workable plan to people who voted Leave.
The activist, who won a Supreme Court challenge against the Government over its Article 50 powers, warned liberals must not be left ‘wringing our hands’.
But speaking to reporters after the speech, she strained to distance herself from all parties – including the Lib Dems – and even criticised the ‘stop Brexit’ and ‘People’s Vote’ slogans calling for a new referendum.
Gina Miller (pictured today in Brighton) denounced Brexit ‘lies’ today as she renewed calls for a second referendum at the Liberal Democrat conference
Despite being the star attraction at the party gathering in Brighton today (pictured), the anti-Brexit activist insisted she was not their ‘leader in waiting’
And she said: ‘Our politics has become warped. Suddenly our friends are our enemies, our enemies our friends. Lies have become facts, facts have become lies.
‘We will all of us be judged by future generations – by our children and grandchildren – by what we do during the defining weeks and months ahead.’
Recalling war time leaders including Winston Churchill, she suggested modern politicians were not good enough to fundamentally alter the fate of the nation.
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Ms Miller insisted: ‘Let’s be clear, in the debate we had in 2016 about Europe, there was scant idealism. Lies were told.
‘Let’s be clear, too, that when Boris Johnson, Michael Gove, David Davis and all the others who won that debate, they entered into a contract with the British people to deliver a workable, realistic plan to leave the EU that would work – not just for the millionaires who backed their campaign, but for everyone.
‘After all this time, they have failed to come up with such a plan. They’ve failed to honour the contact.’
But speaking to reporters after the speech (pictured), Ms Miller strained to distance herself from all parties – including the Lib Dems – and even criticised the ‘stop Brexit’ and ‘People’s Vote’ slogans calling for a new referendum
Ms Miller was greeted by Lib Dem leader Sir Vince Cable at the Liberal Democrat conference in Brighton today (pictured)
Insisting she was ‘politically independent’, Ms Miller told the Lib Dem faithful she was in Brighton to ‘cheer them on’ as the biggest party demanding a new referendum.
She said: ‘It’s time for politicians to do the morally and democratically right thing – to let the people decide their own future on the facts – before it is too late.’
In a briefing following her speech – and wearing an ‘end the chaos!’ badge – Ms Miller said she was asked today how she would encourage people who want to stop Brexit.
But she told journalists: ‘I wish you would all stop saying this.
‘You know, it’s really not helpful. All of you around here, stop saying ‘stop Brexit’. It’s really not helpful!
‘What you should be talking about is the fact we’ve got 10 weeks to come up with a deal. And if we don’t come up with a deal, the government should put it back to the people.’
London Mayor Sadiq Khan (pictured yesterday on the Marr show) piled pressure on Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn yesterday by endorsing the proposal, calling for a delay to Brexit to make time for a new vote
Debate over a second referendum will continue throughout the party conference season.
London Mayor Sadiq Khan piled pressure on Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn yesterday by endorsing the proposal, calling for a delay to Brexit to make time for a new vote.
Theresa May will go to her own conference later this month fighting to persuade her party she has a coherent vision of what Brexit will look like under her leadership.
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