Nigel Evans on College Green outside the Houses of Parliament.
RIBBLE Valley MP Nigel Evans,a leading pro-Brexit campaigner, has branded calls for a second referendum on quitting the European Union as 'ridiculous'.
Speaking in the debate on Prime Minister Theresa May's withdrawal deal, the Tory savaged the idea of a new 'People's Vote'.
He told the House of Commons: "For anybody even to suggest that another referendum would be the people’s vote because the last one was not is totally and wholly fraudulent. It is ridiculous.
"A people’s vote was held in 2016.
"Thanks to David Cameron, though, the people were given a voice, they used that voiced, and the voice said leave.
"When we agree to a referendum, we really do need to respect the result."
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