3. Clegg: 'the people who voted leave cannot be ignored'.....

So who exactly voted to leave and why? According to the accepted ‘remain’ line, the great preponderance of the 17.4mn people were either racist, ignorant and / or gullible  - not least because they accepted the claim about £350mn additional funding for the NHS. Not only that, but according to Clegg, a substantial number of ‘leave’ voters have since realised the error they made on 23 June 2016 and these are the people that he says should be allowed to change their mind and be given the opportunity to vote in a second referendum.  

According to Clegg, voters have the right to change their mind, and anyway, having set aside the referendum result, the EU will naturally welcome us back with open arms and what’s more, it will listen earnestly to our complaints and change its ways to accommodate the aspirations of the British people in a “new deal”, so that “with a combination of ingenuity and generosity, we can reach a settlement that represents all sides of the debate”.  

Somewhat condescendingly, Clegg adds as an afterthought “Even the most passionate of Europhiles, myself included, accept that Europe must change, and that the people who voted to leave cannot be ignored.” But if a blatant attempt by a former deputy Prime Minister and Liberal Democrat leader to overturn the result of the June 2016 referendum does not count as ignoring the wishes of the people, then what on earth is it?