MPs WHO VOTED AGAINST BREXIT
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𝗠𝗣𝘀 𝗪𝗛𝗢 𝗩𝗢𝗧𝗘𝗗 𝗔𝗚𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗦𝗧 𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗫𝗜𝗧 𝗔𝗙𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗥𝗘𝗙𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗨𝗠
Today is the 8th anniversary of the EU referendum, that took place on 23 June 2016.
After the referendum, the new Brexit Prime Minister, Theresa May, was in a hurry to get the UK out of the EU.
She wanted to trigger the Article 50 notice-to-quit the EU without the involvement of Parliament.
Campaign supremo Gina Miller stopped her, by taking the UK government to the Supreme Court, and she won.
The UK’s highest court ruled that Parliament must have a say, because the referendum was advisory only.
In January and February 2017, MPs voted on the second reading of the European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill.
The Bill, somewhat perversely, would give Mrs May the unilateral, personal power, as Prime Minister, to exclusively decide the date and content of the Article 50 notice to leave the EU.
A second reading is usually the first opportunity for MPs to debate the main principles of a Bill.
498 MPs voted ‘yes’ to give Mrs May the power to initiate the Article 50/Brexit notice-to-quit the EU, but 114 MPs took a stand and voted ‘no’.
This video is a tribute to the 114 MPs who spoke out and voted against Brexit at that time. For those in the Conservative or Labour party, it meant defying a three-line whip. (In the Tory Party there was just one MP - Ken Clarke).
The defiant MPs argued that it would be damaging to Britain to go ahead with Brexit then, especially as there were no assessments, no details, and no plan on what Brexit meant.
Today, many of the 114 MPs who voted against triggering Brexit still believe that leaving the European Union was a terrible mistake.
Some are no longer MPs. Some have changed party. Some have since passed away.
Some now support Brexit, or at least accept it.
But in the months following the EU referendum, when the Tory government was in a hasty rush to go ahead with Brexit, all these 114 MPs acted in accordance with their conscience and their judgement, putting the welfare of their country and constituents above their party and political career.
Please share this video far and wide.
Your support of this video will show the politicians of today that they can tell us the truth - without fear or favour - that Brexit is a disaster for Britain.
© Video production and report by Jon Danzig
▪ The title of the musical track on the video is appropriately ‘UPSIDE DOWN’ by Mike Block. Of course, at 2½ minutes long, I had to extend the track to last just over 21 minutes. www.mikeblockmusic.com/music
#Brexit #EU #referendum #democracy #generalelection
→ Remember these 114 MPs
𝗠𝗣𝘀 𝗪𝗛𝗢 𝗩𝗢𝗧𝗘𝗗 𝗔𝗚𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗦𝗧 𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗫𝗜𝗧 𝗔𝗙𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗥𝗘𝗙𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗨𝗠
Today is the 8th anniversary of the EU referendum, that took place on 23 June 2016.
After the referendum, the new Brexit Prime Minister, Theresa May, was in a hurry to get the UK out of the EU.
She wanted to trigger the Article 50 notice-to-quit the EU without the involvement of Parliament.
Campaign supremo Gina Miller stopped her, by taking the UK government to the Supreme Court, and she won.
The UK’s highest court ruled that Parliament must have a say, because the referendum was advisory only.
In January and February 2017, MPs voted on the second reading of the European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill.
The Bill, somewhat perversely, would give Mrs May the unilateral, personal power, as Prime Minister, to exclusively decide the date and content of the Article 50 notice to leave the EU.
A second reading is usually the first opportunity for MPs to debate the main principles of a Bill.
498 MPs voted ‘yes’ to give Mrs May the power to initiate the Article 50/Brexit notice-to-quit the EU, but 114 MPs took a stand and voted ‘no’.
This video is a tribute to the 114 MPs who spoke out and voted against Brexit at that time. For those in the Conservative or Labour party, it meant defying a three-line whip. (In the Tory Party there was just one MP - Ken Clarke).
The defiant MPs argued that it would be damaging to Britain to go ahead with Brexit then, especially as there were no assessments, no details, and no plan on what Brexit meant.
Today, many of the 114 MPs who voted against triggering Brexit still believe that leaving the European Union was a terrible mistake.
Some are no longer MPs. Some have changed party. Some have since passed away.
Some now support Brexit, or at least accept it.
But in the months following the EU referendum, when the Tory government was in a hasty rush to go ahead with Brexit, all these 114 MPs acted in accordance with their conscience and their judgement, putting the welfare of their country and constituents above their party and political career.
Please share this video far and wide.
Your support of this video will show the politicians of today that they can tell us the truth - without fear or favour - that Brexit is a disaster for Britain.
© Video production and report by Jon Danzig
#Brexit #EU #referendum #democracy #generalelection
49 of those MPs were SNP.....
I regard that as a positive for that party.
Not really a difficult choice for them. Scotland had the good sense to vote remain.
So good to hear these voices of reason again, and their arguments stand up even moreso now than then, as we see how their prophecies have come to pass. As for the lone Tory dissident, the admirable Ken Clarke, I recall he began his speech with "I am The Rebel !".
114 voices of reason, completely and utterly denied.
Half of the voters completely and utterly denied.
David Lammy was correct.
Like a broken clock, right twice a day
Maybe a roll call of shame next for the MPs who betrayed the UK by voting for Brexit
And yet again, the Daily Fail showing its unfitness and the need to implement Leveson.
I like how the Daily Mail regarded the 114 MPs as a betrayal of the people when only 37% of potential voters actually voted for Brexit
The remaining 63% either voted against it or couldn't be bothered voting
Like it or not, the majority of those who voted wished to leave the EU.
Please stop trying to juggle figures, a majority is a majority.
@@peterknight6535 it's not a majority though is it? You know it, I know it, everyone knows it
Nor did we vote for the type of Brexit that was on the table. This should have been on the referendum if it is to be regarded as true democracy
In addition, referendums aren't part of the British constitution. Even Thatcher said that referendums were the tools of dictators and despots.
@@peterknight6535 It was a narrow majority in an advisory referendum. Most of those voting Leave knew little or nothing about the EU and many of them did so for the basest of motives. Many have since changed their mind.
Kenneth Clarke is a true politician and has a philosophers mind, its sad to see him surrounded by clowns
Yes, but that has been the case for almost all of his parliamentary career.
That is rather insulting to clowns.
i come across so many voters who voted against Brexit - amazed...
People with brains and courage!
But no loyalty to the electorate.
The whole Brexit debacle was an absolute disgrace. It should never have happened.
Appalling mess we are in now, we have successfully self imposed trade sanctions on ourselves, immigration has gone up, the pound sank, we have isolated ourselves from our closest free trade partners across the channel in both financially and politically, brexiteers thought we’d get a deal with America and Canada, both of which subsequently denied any deal, the minuscule, piffling deals we have with Australia and India are damaging to our farmers and agriculture in general, ofph the “winning” never stops.
Fantastic piece of work.
So loosely 1 in 4 or 5 had the wherewithal to make a reasoned and intelligent assessment for the greater good. I would argue that the referendum can’t ever be suggested to have been appropriately managed and democratic. One MP raises the issue of leaving the single market, which the manifesto expressed would never happen. Many raise the overly simplistic vote, that somehow led to a form of Brexit that no one explained would happen. The realistic options and outcomes weren’t fully explored or explained. Many warned of their concerns and were pooh poohed as project fear. Post truth sloganeering and the footballisation of politics that led to taking sides made for a ludicrous divisive farce. Then BoJo and Frost fluffed their way through it. Lies won, stupidity reigned. The next election is the backlash, but somehow, Reform (/UKIP) are there again, preying on populist fears, their followers claim it’s down to not getting the right type of Brexit, none of them can explain what the right form is, somewhere in the process of investigating their argument, xenophobia will begin to leach out.
@user-yi6ui6pn4i we just feel sorry for the fools like you. 👍
Agreed. And if Reform (/UKIP) did explain what the right form of brexit is, according to them, it seems fairly safe to say that it would be even worse than what has been inflicted on us.
At least this demonstrate that some politicians do have a brain and not only focused on carrer and getting corrupted.
Historic moments
Brexit: invitation to Putin's intentions, open cheque!!!
I believe in referendums but not when what you are voting on isn’t certain... afterall MPs don’t get asked to vote on an idea for a bill and let the government write it later, so why were we (not me specifically, I was too young) asked to vote on an idea and let the details be settled later?
Referendums are great for constitutional issues and for people to demand change, but they have to have a set process, fair campaign, and a clear detailed outcome. Our referendum was unclear, the campaign was full of lies, we didn’t get a booklet detailing the arguments as most countries do, and it was set up to settle a dispute in the ruling party. Aside from all this, because of the lack of referendums in our system some people used the referendum as a protest in a way you might not see in Switzerland or Italy for example because they have so many, using a referendum to protest in those countries would be like an MP voting against something they agree with because they want to protest against the government.
Without a plan, or a unified policy, or at least some kind of multilateral agreement on what Brexit meant and how it would be carried out, it is not possible that Leave voters knew what they were voting for, and they didn't.
I maintain, resolutely, that at least a majority of Leave voters both did not know, and could not have known, what they were voting for. In fact, it is simply not possible that any of them knew exactly what they were voting for on June the 23rd, 2016. That referendum should never have been allowed.
I mean, there were two separate Leave campaigns, FFS!
heroes
No, not Heroes . . .
They were asked to vote and did so, its called Democracy . . .
That you see this as an issue of Heroes and Villains demonstrates a lack of understanding of Democracy and an immature toys out of pram mentality that has done so much damage to our country . . .
@@vonryansexpress In a democracy, you are allowed to vote either way. That IS democracy. Otherwise, why bother to have a vote at all?
@@JonDanzig Well thank you for that patronising comment but pray what inspired it ? . . . Please tell me where I have denied the somewhat obvious fact that when you are voting you can vote one way . . . Or another way . . Thank you
And my MP at the time was not on that list of 114 MPs. Guildford, Surrey, voted unambiguously and by a sizeable majority to REMAIN in the EU.
Without a plan, or a unified policy, or at least some kind of multilateral agreement on what Brexit meant and how it would be carried out, it is not possible that Leave voters knew what they were voting for, and they didn't.
I maintain, resolutely, that at least a majority of Leave voters both did not know, and could not have known, what they were voting for. In fact, it is simply not possible that any of them knew exactly what they were voting for on June the 23rd, 2016. That referendum should never have been allowed.
Oh look,they're not 'all the same'.
The heros
We have representative democracy, MPs have a duty to do the best for their constituents and voting against brexit was best for their constituents.
They are representatives, not delegates.
Your comment implies that you think Brexit was the best thing to happen for their constituents. Please cite one single benefit of Brexit. IMO there are none, never have been, never will be.
@@bobjohnbowles I’m not sure if your comment was a reply to me, but if it was, I in fact totally agree with you
@@RobinHarris-nf4yv Sorry mea culpa brain fog. Somehow missed the word 'against'. It has been a hard day.
Almost all Labour is weak tea.
Mainly women!! INTELLIGENT HUMANS WITH YONES OD COMMON SENSE.
Moving. A dire reflection. The conquered people were prominent in their sage opposition; they reflect that time-tested self-preservation instinct -- safety in numbers.
We need to know the culprits who voted for brexit, so that we can invoice then the bill for the disaster that everyone predicted it would be.
Looks like a lot of the Tories will be in debtors prison for the rest of their lives. And serve them right too.
Well, one of them was Keir Starmer.
Integrity.
And Keir Starmer was not one of them. That too should not be forgotten. Nor will it be in the EU.
We will return to the EU.
They were on the right side of history.
Ohhh, so you won't post unsupportive comments - very interesting...!
That would be the ones with common sense.
They were very wise and the rest were stupid
THEY GO ON ABOUT HOW GREAT THIS COUNTRY IS.....FREEDOM OF SPEECH. ..DEMOCRACY.....AND ALL THE TIME THE BRITISH PUBLIC ARE THOUGHT OF AS BEING UNEDUCATED.. WHAT EVER YOUR THOUGHTS ARE ABOUT BREXIT YOU HAVE TO GO WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE VOTE.. .
It was to close to call , than you can't fix stupid! But luck your need it 😢
In a fair election yes. But the referendum was neither binding nor fair! Which meant that irregularities and undue influences, like from Putin's bots and selective lies targeted to specific people on fb for example, did not need to be corrected. It would have needed to be rerun, had the same irregularities happened in a binding referendum. The fault was to declare it as binding, without addressing the clear irregularities. Had it been a properly conducted interference free referendum, then you are right there would have been a democratic mandate. But it was not! And as the result was so close, addressing interference would have really mattered here!
Further, as it was advisory only, it would have been necessary for parliament to take the advice, work out a proper strategy for the post Brexit way forward and then make a final yes or no decision, once a post Brexit way forward was properly mapped out and agreed upon. This did not happen. The new EU relationship became clear during the negotiations, a third country relationship, but no general new direction what the country should or should not do with all its new 'freedoms'. It became a free for all for some and a misery for most, a misery that cannot be reversed. Never mind how much they lied to you and blamed Covid and Putin, rather than the biggest long term effect of them all, Brexit!
We are still waiting for that really good post Brexit way forward that was promised! What actually is Britain's new direction? What actually is the plan to get to the better future for all? Why do politicians not admit their failings to achieve a better future and start accepting that leaving was a mistake. Politicians need to get on board with the majority of people who now wish Britain had never left the EU and who now wish to be back in the EU. The referendum result was both flawed and only a snapshot of its time. Democracy now looks different! And nobody in 2024 should feel obligated to go with that flawed snapshot of 8 years ago.
Legends. (Except Nick Clegg, he's a bellend)
The Brexiters also should have voted against Article 50. They should have argued to stay in the EU, but cause lots of trouble - by vetoing everything for example - until they got a good exit deal
@AaronMcDaid And blackmail is a good strategy because ..................? If you want to go down that route, you would do well to remember the respective size of Britain versus the EU. Because two can play at that game and Britain is among others dependent on food from the EU. Britain was not owed any deal that other third countries don't get, Britain is not a special country and Britain is not entitled to employ blackmail, rather than normal and diplomatic international relations. Britain is a medium size country that needs a good reputation and good relations with others to thrive.
By the way, the negotiators actually did try your 'strategy' and were met with an icy cold rebuff. 'We do not negotiate under duress!' said Barnier. That stopped your suggestion dead. Britain gets nowhere using your tactics, not with Barnier and not in the post Brexit world generally. Just look at the failure of the Canada trade deal recently. The times when Britain could tell others how it was going to be, are over. Don't you think it was high time, you also got over your personal empire delusions here?
@@MrsGardiner you misunderstand me. I'm not a Brexiter. I'm just observing that activating Article 50 was a dumb approach for a Brexiter to take, as it made the negotiations more difficult for the UK
@@AaronMcDaid And I addressed exactly what you wrote. You suggested using blackmail as a tool in politics and I opposed that. Whether you are or are not a Brexiter makes no difference to my reply.
@@MrsGardiner you didn't address anything that I wrote. You didn't even read my message. The examples you gave are irrelevant to the hypothetical scenario that I laid out.
@@AaronMcDaid And you advocate hedging your bets and blackmail. Very politically astute . NOT!
CRAP UK
because most of them knew what a disaster it would be
All Traitors I can think of 17.4 million reasons why
Brexit is rubbish, but it’s done. The EU would be insane to invite back a country that it split and divided on so many different issues. We need to fix the country first and then see where that leaves us.
Regrettably, that's the conclusion I've arrived at too ... and I'm still fuming at the theft of my citizenship by liars, deniers, bigots and fools.
114 anti democracy traitors. When quoting Churchill, don't forget if we had to choose between Europe or the Open Sea we should choose the Open Sea
Democracy is the choice to vote how you wish, you are promoting far right facism. How dare you quote Churchil out of context. No doubt you are all for Putin and his authoritarian dictatorship.
You fashos want to get rid of democracy.
You"re just a vile little fascist aren't you?
Churchill is recognised as one of the 11 founders of today's European Union. You are quoting what he shouted to Charles de Gaulle in the heat of a raging row during the Second World War which had nothing to do with his views about a United Euope, which Churchill was passionate about.
Brexit voters are treacherous traitors to the U.K.
Thanks to brexit we now have a customs border inside the United Kingdom
114 traitors..
MPs not carrying out the will of the people? Surely not!
EDIT: If the MPs decide not to act based on their personal opinions but ask the electorate instead then they really should implement the answer and not try to second guess.
What is the will of the people, the desire to be poor? And what percentage of the people do you need for it to be their will? MPs are elected representatives and act on their personal knowledge and opinions, if we don't think its in our interest we don't vote for them again, they are not ment to be yes men, but intelligent knowledgable people who's job is to act in our best interest. Brexit was clearly not in the best interest of the people.
The will of the people is a fascist trope. 48% did not vote for your Brexshit fascist little sbag
@@teddyboysdontknit810 When MPs decide not to trust their opinions and request a referendum instead, I would call the result the will of the people.
People who think they know better than the people really need to be brought back to reality.
You mean the will of brainwashed people