Major lashes out at Brexit camp ‘ultras’
SIR John Major has launched a fresh attack on “ultra Brexiteers” within the Conservative Party, accusing them of seeking to force a complete break with Europe.
The former Conservative Prime Minister said that, having won the referendum last year with “fake facts and bogus promise”, the “ultras” were now shouting down anyone who expressed an opposing view.
He warned that, if Britain failed to strike a deal with the remaining EU member states and was forced to fall back on World Trade Organisation rules, it would be “disadvantageous in every way”.
Sir John did not name names but his comments will be seen, at least in part, as being aimed at leading Leave campaigners such as Boris Johnson, Michael Gove, Iain Duncan Smith and Jacob Rees-Mogg.
He accused the “ultras” of lashing out because they were terrified their triumph of taking the country out of Europe would be snatched away.
He added: “It is time for the minority of ultra Brexiteers – those who believe in a complete break from Europe – to stop shouting down anyone with an opposing view. It is not only unattractive but profoundly undemocratic and totally un-British.
“They launch vitriolic and personal attacks on the Governor of the Bank of England, judges, civil servants, foreign politicians and other public figures. In doing so, they demean both themselves and their cause.”