Lord Heseltine urges Europhiles to ‘fight back’ over EU membership
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January 3, 2021
LONDON: Tory grandee Lord Heseltine has called for pro-Europeans to “fight back” and battle to rejoin the EU.
The former deputy prime minister cited the stance of the SNP in pushing for another referendum on Scottish independence as the way forward for Remainers, despite the UK formally leaving the Brexit transition arrangements on New Year’s Eve.
Lord Heseltine insisted that as the 52 per cent-48 per cent decision to quit the EU was so close, pro-Europeans must not “lie down”, but follow the example of the SNP. The ex-Cabinet minister told Times Radio: “You have got a country which is deeply divided and it is very important to give hope and keep alive the aspirations of the younger generation.