'We voted OUT!' Sky News host DESTROYS student activist demand new voters NEED Brexit vote
AN ANTI-BREXIT student campaign suffered a car-crash interview when she was challenged on-air about the new student union campaign for a "summer of defiance" in order to secure a "people's vote" on Brexit.
Almost one million university students have demanded a “people’s vote” on Brexit, sparking criticism that this is simply another name for a second referendum.
Student unions representing 980,000 students at 60 universities across the UK have written to their local MPs demanding a Brexit vote.
Amanda Chetwynd-Cowieson, the co-founder of the pro-Remain youth pressure group For Our Future’s Sake, pushed for the vote yesterday during an interview on Sky News.
However, she faced a barrage of criticism from Tom Harwood, the national student wing of Vote Leave, as well as the Sky News morning presenter Stephen Dixon.
In a rallying call, Ms Chetwynd-Cowieson said the group of student unions had a strong mandate given "the overwhelmingly pro-Remain feeling" among the 18-24 demographic.
But, the interview took a turn for the worse when Sky News host Dixon pushed the student activist on the turnout at the election which decided this campaign.
Ms Chetwynd-Cowieson refused to reveal the turnout figure, adding: "We shouldn’t get into this argument of what is the turnout, because then we get into the turnout at local councils, which is also poor."
Mr Harwood interjected: "It is such a transparent attempt to overturn the referendum held just two years ago.
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You can’t give out a referendum for every new argument, that’s not how it works.
"This isn’t a million students, it is really just 100 student union leaders."
Dixon took issue when the Remainer student claimed the second referendum was needed because "the world is a very different place".
He said: "We can’t simply have a referendum after referendum until you get the answer you want.
"There was a referendum on this issue. Britain voted to get out. What would be the benefit of a new referendum?
"You can’t give out a referendum for every new argument, that’s not how it works. The students had their say in the referendum."
Ms Chetwynd-Cowieson explained about 750,000 people turn 18 every year, so these new voters "deserve a say" on Britain's future.
Mr Harwood ridiculed this argument, claiming this meant having a referendum every single year for the foreseeable future.
He also criticised the student campaigner after she labelled the Brexit decision as "one of the worst things that has ever happened".