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Tons of brilliant speeches in the Lords on the issue this week, both on the outcome of the referendum and the case for a second referendum. I have a stack of paperwork to get through this weekend so I'm up to speed next week, plus the 150-odd pages of the Chilcott Summary.
https://hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2016-07-05/debates/16070548000162/OutcomeOfTheEuropeanUnionReferendum
https://hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2016-07-06/debates/16070653000128/OutcomeOfTheEuropeanUnionReferendum
https://hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2016-07-07/debates/16070739000388/BrexitCaseForASecondReferendum
Quote of the week (from a packed field) may be Lord Grocott, seems to sum things up pretty well.
"It should be the simplest of propositions; it should be the simplest of speeches. Parliament decided that the public should make the decision in a referendum. The public have given us that response. Our duty is to respect that and to implement it—end of discussion from where I am standing.
I know that that causes pain and distress to a lot of people who are on the other side of the argument—it would have done whatever had happened. Perhaps I can offer one piece of expertise to the House, which is that I am something of an expert on losing elections. I know what noble Lords are feeling. Having fought eight general elections—won four and lost four—I know that the feelings that you go through are almost exactly the same. When you lose, your opponent lied; your opponent made promises that he could not possibly keep; probably your opponent had more money than you did; and certainly the press were on your opponent’s side. On the four occasions when I won, I am happy to say that it was a triumph of British democracy."
A bit of humour goes a long way.