'It's a democracy' Tony Blair blasted by John Humphrys as he refuses to accept Brexit vote
JOHN HUMPHRYS snapped at Tony Blair over his latest attempt to stop Brexit by calling for a second referendum at the end of the negotiations.
BBC Radio 4 presenter John Humphrys called Tony Blair during his interview about Brexit as the former Prime Minister persisted in his attempts to force a second referendum.
The former Prime Minister claimed Brexit was a big "distraction to the real issues" the country should be focussing on.
Mr Humphrys snapped at Blair saying: “Yes, but we’ve voted for it. We have voted for Brexit.”
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Mr Blair said he is calling for a second Brexit Referendum as people “didn’t know what the terms of the new relationship will be” in 2016.
He said: “Once we know what those alternatives will be, we are surely entitled to think again.”
But the BBC presenter did not let the point slip as he schooled Blair on the democratic backing for Brexit.
We have voted in this House of Commons to see through the results of the Referendum
He said: “We have voted in this House of Commons with a very clear mandate to see through the results of the Referendum.
“We have a result, it is now their job to see it through. That’s what democracy is about.”
The Labour Remoaner has previously attempted to stop Brexit by criticising the Prime Minister’s approach to the negotiations.
Blair and Juncker: Together through the years
Thu, August 31, 2017Former Prime Minister, Tony Blair and President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker have always shared a friendly relationship over the years.
European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker (L) greets Former British prime minister Tony Blair upon his arrival for a meeting at the European Commission in Brussels
He has also often condemned Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s approach in opposing the Prime Minister’s position.
In a recent post on his own website, Blair called Corbyn to “nail each myth of the Brexit campaign at every PMQs.”
He wrote: “Say why the Tory divisions are weakening our country - something only credible if we are opposed to Brexit not advocating a different Brexit, and challenge the whole farce head-on of a Prime Minister leading our nation in a direction which even today she can't bring herself to say she would vote for.”
