Councillor calls for people’s vote

A Rutherglen politician called for everyone who opposes Brexit to stand up and be counted.

Liberal Democarat councillor Robert Brown insisted that Brexit can be stopped through a people’s vote on its terms.

He said:“Recent polls have shown that 89 per cent of SNP voters support a people’s vote on the Brexit terms and 86 per cent of Labour voters hold the same view.

“It is not surprising that both the Labour leadership and the SNP have moved towards backing the Liberal Democrats’ demand for a people’s vote on Brexit.

“Brexit poses a huge threat to people’s livelihoods, security and public services and I am struck by the half-hearted way both Labour and the SNP have approached this.

“The SNP want to use the Brexit debate to push independence and Labour want to use it to push for a Labour government.

“It is time to put aside these other agendas in the interests of the country.

“Theresa May’s government has made an unprecedented hash of the whole thing and we seem to be heading driverless towards a no-deal Brexit.

“It is time for the SNP and Labour leadership to stop dithering, stop manoeuvring for party advantage on the issue and campaign wholeheartedly for the people’s vote on the terms.

“It is coming closer but only if the politicians speak up for the people and fight for it.”