UKIP welcomes Repeal Bill vote, calls for compassion for Labour and Lib Dems
UKIP interim leader Steve Crowther said
today: “I would like to congratulate the MPs who voted to pass the EU Withdrawal
Bill through its second reading tonight, respecting the will of the British
people. Particularly Caroline Flint, who managed to lead the charge from the
back.
“I would like to ask that we all show
compassion for the Leader of the Labour Party, who is clearly now extremely
confused and cannot remember things that he has believed in for 30
years.
"Also our thoughts are with the Liberal
Democrats, who are suffering from a tragic attack of hyperbole which, coming so
soon after Vince Cable’s reference to ‘Brexit jihadis’, could suggest that their
recent electoral injuries are even more life-threatening than we
thought."
Liberal Democrat spokesman Tom Brake
described the result as handing the Government “unprecedented new powers”
and “extreme powers not seen since the Middle Ages”. UKIP pointed out these are
the same powers that have been used to implement EU legislation for the past 40
years, and that the Middle Ages are generally considered to predate even Henry
VIII.
“So sad that history is no longer the
Lib-Dems’ strong point, when it is the only reason for their continued
existence”, said Mr Crowther.
