On Saturday I will join hundreds of thousands of British people demanding a People’s Vote on Brexit. The Put it to the People march will give voice to the growing concern in the nation that Brexit is going horribly wrong.
Of course I argued from the beginning that we were better off in the EU than out of it. Better off resolving our differences from within the European family than as an isolated onlooker chipping in from the side-lines.
I believe passionately that at a time when the far-right is on the rise in Hungary and Poland and populists growing in influence in Italy, France, Germany and Holland, Britain is needed to provide leadership in Europe.
For the majority of my career in politics that is a role we have played with skill, intelligence and integrity – it breaks my heart to see us threatening to walk away from it now.
My view of the European project has been consistent.
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