- Independent Anna Soubry promised to honour Brexit and now wants 2nd vote
- Colleague Chuka Umunna said we would leave even if they won by a single vote
- Vince Cable and Jeremy Corbyn are among others who changed their minds
They swore if we voted to leave that Brexit would mean Brexit, then vowed to honour the result.
Here, ANDREW PIERCE exposes how MPs and grandees have U-turned... starting with the politician who outlawed 'No Deal' – and paraded the royal assent on Twitter.
Doesn't it make you proud!
Yvette Cooper, Labour MP for Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
THEN: 'I voted in Parliament to support triggering Article 50 because I thought it was important to respect the referendum result' – BLOG POST ON HER WEBSITE, SUMMER 2018
NOW: 'My amendment is a vote against the chaos of a No Deal Brexit' – February 2019
Hilary Benn, Labour MP for Leeds Central
THEN: 'You vote to Leave. We are out. We are going' – Before the Brexit referendum in June 2016
NOW: 'It is now clear that... leaving the EU without an agreement would be a disaster. If it turns out that there is no alternative deal that can win a majority in the Commons, then... the only way we will resolve this is to go back to the people' – December 17, 2018
Anna Soubry, Independent Group MP for Broxtowe
THEN: 'We are leaving the EU and must now get a good deal... Many people voted Leave for genuine and respected reasons. We have to respect the result.' – After referendum in June 2016
NOW: 'We have to plan for a People's Vote. The current deal we have with the EU is the best deal' – February 2019
Sir Keir Starmer, Labour MP for Holborn and St Pancras
THEN: 'We all have to accept and respect the referendum outcome. I campaigned to stay in the EU. I would have expected the result to be honoured if we had won it' – After the 2016 referendum
NOW: 'A public vote ought to be between the option of a credible Leave deal and Remain' – March 2019
Chuka Umunna, Independent Group MP for Streatham
THEN: 'We will Leave if Leave wins even by one vote' – on the eve of the 2016 referendum
NOW: 'A People's Vote is our final chance to get it right for generations to come' – October 2018
Sir Vince Cable, Lib Dem leader and MP for Twickenham
THEN: 'The public have voted and it's seriously disrespectful and politically utterly counter-productive to say: 'Sorry guys, you've got it wrong. We are going to try again' – After the 2016 Brexit vote
NOW: 'We are a Remain country now with 60 per cent wanting to stop the Brexit mess' – People's Vote rally, March 2019
Sarah Wollaston, Independent Group MP for Totnes
THEN: 'We must accept the [Brexit] result.' She added: 'A second referendum... is a direct incentive for us to get the worst possible deal. We should not be going back and saying we don't accept the result' – During 2017 election
NOW: 'I don't think we have anything to fear from a second referendum now. It's not about blocking Brexit; it's about saying to people: I think you have the right to give informed consent' – August 20, 2018
Heidi Allen, Independent Group MP for South Cambridgeshire
THEN: 'We must respect the democratic outcome of the referendum and work positively together to ensure we make Brexit a success' – 2017 election
NOW: 'There is no alternative. We need to go back to the public to decide what they want us to do next. The referendum should include the option of staying in the EU under existing terms' – September, 2018
Dominic Grieve, Tory MP for Beaconsfield
THEN: 'What is clear to me is that the decision of electorate in the referendum must be respected and I should support a reasoned process to give effect to it,' – 2017 election literature
NOW: 'I believe that a further public consultation through a referendum offers the best way forward' – January 2019
Jeremy Corbyn, Labour leader and Islington North MP
THEN: 'This is a
one-off vote... between staying in the EU or leaving completely' – June 2017
NOW: 'We are committed to... supporting an amendment in favour of a public vote to prevent a damaging Tory Brexit being forced on the country.' – February 2019