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...within hours of the result on Friday morning, the Ukip leader, Nigel Farage, had distanced himself from the claim that £350m of EU contributions could instead be spent on the NHS, while the Tory MEP Daniel Hannan said free movement could result in similar levels of immigration after Brexit. Hannan said: "Frankly, if people watching think that they have voted and there is now going to be zero immigration from the EU, they are going to be disappointed."
...within hours of the result on Friday morning, the Ukip leader, Nigel Farage, had distanced himself from the claim that £350m of EU contributions could instead be spent on the NHS, while the Tory MEP Daniel Hannan said free movement could result in similar levels of immigration after Brexit.
Hannan said: "Frankly, if people watching think that they have voted and there is now going to be zero immigration from the EU, they are going to be disappointed."
Will there even be a Brexit?
Leave campaign rows back on key immigration and NHS pledges | Politics | The Guardian
Meanwhile, Liam Fox cast doubt on the necessity of triggering the article 50 clause of the Lisbon treaty that sets out the legal process for a country's EU withdrawal."I think that it doesn't make any sense to trigger article 50 without having a period of reflection first, for the cabinet to determine exactly what it is that we're going to be seeking and in what timescale.
Meanwhile, Liam Fox cast doubt on the necessity of triggering the article 50 clause of the Lisbon treaty that sets out the legal process for a country's EU withdrawal.
"I think that it doesn't make any sense to trigger article 50 without having a period of reflection first, for the cabinet to determine exactly what it is that we're going to be seeking and in what timescale.
LOL. I didn't expect buyers' remorse to be this quick. *Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.
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