{"id":119197,"date":"2023-09-25T10:30:07","date_gmt":"2023-09-25T10:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leviolonrouge.com\/?p=119197"},"modified":"2023-09-25T10:30:07","modified_gmt":"2023-09-25T10:30:07","slug":"lib-dem-conference-row-sparked-over-nonsense-brexit-campaigning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leviolonrouge.com\/politics\/lib-dem-conference-row-sparked-over-nonsense-brexit-campaigning\/","title":{"rendered":"Lib Dem conference row sparked over ‘nonsense’ Brexit campaigning"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Lib Dem conference is once again a hotbed of Brexit rows, despite leader Sir Ed Davey saying rejoining the EU is now \u201coff the table\u201d.<\/p>\n
Ahead of the party\u2019s first in-person conference since 2019, Sir Ed said the public simply \u201caren\u2019t talking about Brexit anymore\u201d, marking a significant change in policy for the pro-EU party.<\/p>\n
His calls to stop banging on about Europe were then ignored by some heavy hitters, with foreign spokeswoman Layla Moran calling on Britain to rejoin the bloc; and former leader Sir Vince Cable saying the party should be talking about Brexit.<\/p>\n
Now the feud is even dividing Remain activists in Bournemouth, with a pro-EU campaign group telling the Express they condemn fellow activists boasting \u201cI told you so\u201d.<\/p>\n
Stickers have appeared at the coastal conference, in luminous yellow, reading \u201cBollocks to Brexit #WeToldYouSo\u201d.<\/p>\n
READ MORE: <\/strong> Ed Davey squirms as he is confronted with own MP’s four words on rejoining EU<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The stickers also featured at the anti-Brexit march in central London over the weekend, in which beret-wearing activists delivered interpretive dance performances outside Parliament.<\/p>\n Pablo O\u2019Hana, a former Lib Dem official who now represents the European Movement UK campaign, told the Express that those handing out the stickers at the conference are \u201cactively hurting the pro-European movement\u201d.<\/p>\n He added: \u201cWe will not build a census and win people over to our cause by saying, \u2018I told you so\u2019.<\/p>\n Don’t miss… <\/strong> <\/p>\n We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info<\/p>\n \u201cIn fact, the central message and theme of the last campaign ad my agency produced for the European Movement sought to do exactly the opposite. It intentionally moved blame and any hint of guilt away from voters and onto the politicians who led us here.<\/p>\n \u201cI say this as someone who has worked on every pro-European campaign since 2015 and who is still working to get closer to Europe: this type of campaigning is simply nonsense.\u201d<\/p>\n Party leader Sir Ed Davey floundered on Sunday morning when questioned over whether the LibDems would reverse Brexit.<\/p>\n Sir Ed refused seven times to answer the simple question, being confronted with Layla Moran\u2019s words to activists that \u201cwe want to rejoin\u201d.<\/p>\n He said that while the Lib Dems \u201cwant Britain to be at the heart of Europe\u201d, the party is \u201cdeeply realistic about what\u2019s going to have to be done to enable us to improve our relations with Europe\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cEuropean politicians don\u2019t trust Britain anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n He told Good Morning Britain that Layla Moran\u2019s comments have not been quoted in their entirety and that his foreign affairs spokesman \u201chas been the architect of building this patient, gradual process which we think is in our national interest\u201d.<\/p>\n
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