On Brexit, Tony Blair should get real – and butt out | Simon Jenkins

The former PM says remainers should rise up against a referendum that duped them. In truth, it was more open to the public than some of his own decisions

It doesn’t ring true: a blemished ex-prime minister mounts a campaign against the result of a referendum he never had the guts to call. He complains that the public never had the full facts on Brexit, that they voted “without knowledge of the true terms”. He declares a “mission” to make them repent the error of their ways.

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