Hundreds join rally for Brexit deal vote
Hundreds of people attended a rally in Scotland yesterday as they stepped up calls for a public vote on the final Brexit deal.
Backers of the so- called people’s vote gathered in Edinburgh’s Festival Square to call for the Government’s eventual deal on exiting the European Union to be put before the country.
The event was organised by The People’s Vote campaign, who argue the Brexit process is a “mess”.
Author and broadcaster Gavin Esler, impressionist Rory Bremner and former Liberal Democrat leader Sir Menzies Campbell were among those in attendance.
Esler told the crowd: “Truth decay is a rottenness which is undermining our democracy. It has many sources, but one stands out – the Brexit bunch.
“Like most people in this country, whatever we thought of the vote, I accepted it at first - that’s how democracy works.
“But I’ve change my mind over the last two years of lies and incompetence.
“The Brexit bunch are the most incompetent bunch of politicians in my lifetime and Brexit is in deep trouble, not because of those of us who thought it was a bad idea, but because those who told us it was a good idea are so incompetent, they don’t know what it is.
“We can continue to expose the hypocrisy of the Brexit bunch, we can argue for a people’s vote.”
Organisers claimed the event was attended by around 1000 people.