KEN CLARKE: ANTI-BREXIT HERO

→ The ONLY Tory MP to vote against triggering #Brexit
𝗞𝗘𝗡 𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗥𝗞𝗘: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗜-𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗫𝗜𝗧 𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗢 - 𝟭𝟬-𝗺𝗶𝗻𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼
After the referendum 8 years ago, the new Brexit Prime Minister, Theresa May, was in a hurry to get the UK out of the EU.
She wanted to trigger the Article 50 notice-to-quit the EU without the involvement of Parliament.
Campaign supremo Gina Miller stopped her, by taking the UK government to the Supreme Court, and she won.
The UK’s highest court ruled that Parliament must have a say, because the referendum was advisory only.
In February 2017, MPs voted on the second reading of the European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill.
The Bill, somewhat perversely, would give Mrs May the unilateral, personal power, as Prime Minister, to exclusively decide the date and content of the Article 50 notice to leave the EU.
A second reading is usually the first opportunity for MPs to debate the main principles of a Bill.
MPs overwhelmingly backed the bill, supported by the Labour leadership under Jeremy Corbyn, by 498 votes FOR, to 114 AGAINST.
Ken Clarke was one of the 114 MPs. He was the ONLY Tory MP to vote against triggering Brexit.
He felt that remaining in the EU was in the country’s best interests, and as an MP, he considered it was his duty to vote accordingly, and to defy his party’s 3-line whip.
He had never felt beholden to the referendum result and in his brilliant speech, delivered with hardly a glance at his notes, he lucidly and persuasively explained why.
Ken Clarke, former Chancellor and leadership contender, is a traditional Tory who - unlike contemporary Conservatives - strongly backed Britain being a member of the European Community.
For over 50 years, he said, his party - the Conservatives - was in favour of the European Union. That suddenly changed, however, on 23 June 2016 with the referendum vote.
But he had not changed in his conviction.
He concluded:
“I personally shall be voting with my conscience content in this vote.
"And when we see what unfolds hereafter as we leave the European Union, I hope the consciences of other Members of Parliament remain equally content.”
How could any MP who voted for Brexit remain content today, witnessing the enormous damage that is now unfolding as a result?
𝗞𝗲𝗻 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗼-𝗘𝗨 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗼. 𝗛𝗲 𝗽𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘆. 𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲, 𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗷𝘂𝗱𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆.
© Video and report Jon Danzig
▪ My video is a 10-minute edited version of Ken Clarke’s 16-minute speech. To view the full speech, go to: parliamentlive.tv/event/index...
#EU #EuropeanUnion

[@JonDanzig]

→ The ONLY Tory MP to vote against triggering #Brexit 𝗞𝗘𝗡 𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗥𝗞𝗘: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗜-𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗫𝗜𝗧 𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗢 - 𝟭𝟬-𝗺𝗶𝗻𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼 After the referendum 8 years ago, the new Brexit Prime Minister, Theresa May, was in a hurry to get the UK out of the EU. She wanted to trigger the Article 50 notice-to-quit the EU without the involvement of Parliament. Campaign supremo Gina Miller stopped her, by taking the UK government to the Supreme Court, and she won. The UK’s highest court ruled that Parliament must have a say, because the referendum was advisory only. In February 2017, MPs voted on the second reading of the European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill. The Bill, somewhat perversely, would give Mrs May the unilateral, personal power, as Prime Minister, to exclusively decide the date and content of the Article 50 notice to leave the EU. A second reading is usually the first opportunity for MPs to debate the main principles of a Bill. MPs overwhelmingly backed the bill, supported by the Labour leadership under Jeremy Corbyn, by 498 votes FOR, to 114 AGAINST. Ken Clarke was one of the 114 MPs. He was the ONLY Tory MP to vote against triggering Brexit. He felt that remaining in the EU was in the country’s best interests, and as an MP, he considered it was his duty to vote accordingly, and to defy his party’s 3-line whip. He had never felt beholden to the referendum result and in his brilliant speech, delivered with hardly a glance at his notes, he lucidly and persuasively explained why. Ken Clarke, former Chancellor and leadership contender, is a traditional Tory who - unlike contemporary Conservatives - strongly backed Britain being a member of the European Community. For over 50 years, he said, his party - the Conservatives - was in favour of the European Union. That suddenly changed, however, on 23 June 2016 with the referendum vote. But he had not changed in his conviction. He concluded: “I personally shall be voting with my conscience content in this vote. "And when we see what unfolds hereafter as we leave the European Union, I hope the consciences of other Members of Parliament remain equally content.” How could any MP who voted for Brexit remain content today, witnessing the enormous damage that is now unfolding as a result? 𝗞𝗲𝗻 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗼-𝗘𝗨 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗼. 𝗛𝗲 𝗽𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘆. 𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲, 𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗷𝘂𝗱𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆. © Video and report Jon Danzig

[@jcvastgoed1490]

There are no heroes in the UK for the EU. This dude is just another grifter Chery picking. Stay on that fruitcake island . No rejoin.

[@ErikaBhowmick]

Well Done 👍 For Free Speech ❤️

[@JupiterThunder]

Clarke is one the 21 Tory traitors who attempted to overthrow democracy and the constitution by corrupting the standing orders of the House of Commons. He should at least be in prison, and probably should face the ultimate penalty traditionally associated with treason. The 21 Tory traitors and the Labour MPs of the rotten parliament of 2017-19 effectively removed a government without a general election in order to pass a law against the wishes of the democratically-elected government.

[@stonerwallsend9563]

ONLY tory

[@Elst07896]

I have got to say Jon that both Mr Clarke's speech and your searching question(s) are quite moving. I look at all the populist and right wing BS being spouted today and it occurs to me that those seeking re-election haven't got a clue as to what's happening both in the UK and to the UK. Their only reason for traipsing the election trail is to seek and/or hold on to power. And Mr Clarke's fears are now proven are they not? We are diminished both as an economy and on the world stage. But in all this there is but a silver lining: Brexit, as feared, has been a complete an utter disaster and even that judgement gives it credit somehow. And do you know what? I'm glad Brexit has happened because now, there can be no definitive defence, explanation or justification for what is the worst thing to have happened to the UK in decades. Keep up the good work Jon - you have found new friend here. 👏🏾👏🏾❤❤

[@mansonnanson8294]

7 years on. we actually expecting his party to dissolve into their own bile. Hat is off to you, Sir Clarke. Your colleagues deserve what they are aboit to experience.

[@annenunney9907]

Well said

[@Packyboy]

I do believe I’ve just listened to a man of principal, to my shock, is a conservative member of parliament.👏👏

[@ryan-3359]

'Was' a member of Parliament sadly. Boris Johnson booted him out of the Conservative Party for voting against his Brexit deal, all the sensible one-nation Tories we had before Brexit have now left the party and only the idiots remain

[@amayastrata4629]

I think this was the last great speech we have heard to date. So sad that he has been replaced by the self serving, money grubbing politicians that we have now in the Tory party.

[@JupiterThunder]

Clarke and his party are now where they belong - on the scrap-heap of history.

[@Eris123451]

@@JupiterThunder But then so is the UK, the prospects for our future under the American hegemony and the cosh of the IMF look dire. Starmer's been bought and sold and he's a Nazi at heart.

[@wkuiper1]

A anti-Brexit hero Indeed! How right he was.

[@JupiterThunder]

Anti-democractic tyrant.

[@newblackdog7827]

How WRONG he was! DEMOCRACY! We had none being dragged into the EU!

[@danganbeg7225]

​@@newblackdog7827With your unelected and sectarian head-of-state and upper house, you don't do democracy very well.

[@jackbarton4789]

@@newblackdog7827 If you’re still for Brexit then you are spouting Russian propaganda and you are a traitor to every Brit alive.

[@robertandrew5768]

​​@@newblackdog7827He was an anti-British lazy establishment chancer.

[@petrus3370]

In the land of the blind and the ignorant...

[@JupiterThunder]

Clarke was both, and stupid to boot.

[@acr164]

A shame that politicians like Ken Clarke hardly exist in this parliament

[@lellyparker]

That's because the only politicians willing to enact Brexit were politicians who had no idea about how anything works, legally, politically or economically. Very good at stirring up a crowd though.

[@jonathanwetherell3609]

He's a Conservative. The Party of that name is far, far to the right of him now.

[@ToothbrushMan]

Boris Johnson systematically had all non-Brexit Tories ejected. He then had the remaining Tories take an oath to promote Brexit

[@robertandrew5768]

​@@jonathanwetherell3609More like far, far to the left of him now. He did nothing of note.

[@martinmcdonald4207]

Bravo Ken Clarke. 50 years of great work within the EU down the river with Brexit.

[@JupiterThunder]

He's an anti-democratic tyrant and traitor.

[@AK-cr5pe]

And exactly what Putin wanted. See Putin's chief strategist Alexander Dugin's 1998 book _Foundations of Geopolitics._ Putin's been following Dugin's post-USSR geopolitical strategy to the letter. One of the stated goals? "The United Kingdom, merely described as an "extraterritorial floating base of the U.S.", should be cut off from the European Union.[9]" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundations_of_Geopolitics

[@AK-cr5pe]

No coincidence that even today Nigel Farage, perhaps the biggest advocate for Brexit, is repeating Kremlin talking points about Russia's invasion of Ukraine, blaming the west for "provoking Putin". Putin knows he can't beat us on the battlefield so he's (quite successfully) manipulating domestic politics in every free democracy across the globe by giving millions to candidates willing to turn on their own countries for cash. Russia will destroy democracy if we let it.

[@martinmcdonald4207]

@@AK-cr5pe Farage....Putin stooge.

[@newblackdog7827]

50 years of subjugation & humiliation!

[@michaelvdunne]

Look a the faces behind mr Clarke miserable wetting their pants.

[@MogensDam]

Ken Clarke seeing the world as it is - not trough the mudded glasses of Farage or Boris Johnson

[@HelenaMikas]

Ken Clarke a real politician ..He spoke with dignity and minus lies ...The irony being Starmer and those on the right cannot answer YES or NO yet the public were asked to do just that over a massive issue .

[@rafd3593]

This man would probably have made a great PM. Sadly, there were too many idiots in the way. People like him should have represented Britain in the European Parliament, and not that wrecking ball of an MEP, Farage.

[@f14tomcat37]

It is very hard to find a single hole in his arguments. Time has only proven these arguments ever more correct.

[@por1821]

What a great speech! ... And look at the shower we have now!

[@CatholicSatan]

One of the very, very few Tories who actually understood how the EU worked.

[@newblackdog7827]

Yes, worked to destroy nation states, national identities, culture & Judaio-Christian culture. Frankly, piss off!

[@vico7628]

In the today’s world politics a politician like Ken Clarke is a rare commodity. The level is gone down and short sighted politicians are conducting the political scene, unfortunately…

[@3coppynook]

The truth. The whole Truth, I wonder if the likes of our local MP Fabricant might listen to again, and ponder what truth really is. When he is no longer an MP on July 5th.

[@adampeckham8541]

My god hes so spot on. Spookily so 8 years on 😢❤

[@Nightsoil626]

We have no role in the world now we are out of the EU

[@JupiterThunder]

We don't need to dominate the world to be a great country. We don't need an empire and we don't need to be the lickspittle and stooge of the EU.

[@newblackdog7827]

Yes, we do! We’re a free an independent nation again! We narrowly dodged the bullet of being subsumed in a “United States of Europe”!

[@TheWebstaff]

Best PM we never had. Such a shame.

[@JupiterThunder]

He is a man with no brain. The biggest job he had was to be the Chancellor of a circus clown prime minister (John Major-Ball). Clarke thought Black Wednesday and the ERM depression was a great EU success - as millions lost their homes and millions of businesses went bust.

[@newblackdog7827]

Britain had a very lucky escape!

[@Eris123451]

@@newblackdog7827 Not really, but a fair comment.

[@igzer1]

When I think of great British politicians I think of Ken Clarke, Heseltine Common sense went out the window and now the words/Brexit and Global Britain are not spoken during the election speech’s . Further proof of the fact we should never have allowed ourselves be conned by the rise of Nationalism at its worst

[@ErikaBhowmick]

Well Done For The Truth Thank You ❤❤

[@LordJasonKing]

He is a legend. A great parliamentarian what ever your politics.

[@newblackdog7827]

A traitor!

[@bobjohnbowles]

There aren't many tories I miss, but this is one of them.

[@marionlarkin1161]

Clarke and Heseltine.

[@bobjohnbowles]

@@marionlarkin1161 Yup. That's about it, unless you go back to before Thatcher.

[@roboldx9171]

I miss this calibre of a politician in British politics today.

[@kaymeddings4162]

Spot on!

[@IrenESorius]

A star,, ‍‍🌟‍‍ Cheers from Sweden,, 🍻😎👍

[@annenunney9907]

He was so right and Johnson who was so wrong kicked him out

[@JupiterThunder]

He is one of the 21 Tory traitors. A traitor to his party. A traitor to his country. A traitor to the UK constitution. And a traitor to democracy.

[@louis-philippearnhem6959]

Wow! Should be shown everywhere.

[@HectorSTabora]

No tories like him are left. Vote tactically!

[@zotter2542]

AMAZING

[@ybkseraph]

His conscience can be content - and this discourse will be in the history books.

[@neilburns8869]

No matter which political party you vote for, Ken Clarke is a man who is well respected on both sides of the House of Commons and the House of Lords. His opinion and views often make a lot of sense and are well worth listening to. He's one of those type who you would describe as an Elder Statesman. Knows what he likes, and doesn't really take himself too seriously and so in that respect is very likeable. Often laughs about himself enjoying a good drink and a cigar while listening to his radio at home. One of your more moderate and more sensible Conservative types is our Ken. His views on Brexit made a lot of sense, just a pity that not more were inclined to pay heed to what he had to say.

[@Kevin-lf4xx]

A man of courage not like clowns like Farage and Johnson.

[@Jack908r]

You spelled traitors incorrectly.

[@newblackdog7827]

No. A weak & spineless man; happy to sell out his country and people for some sick & perverse fantasy of a “United States of Europe”. May God rot him!

[@newblackdog7827]

@@Jack908r Heath, Major, Blair, Brown and Cameron!?

[@user-kv2rz3mw2b]

Under Clarke and Co l now no longer recognise the county I grew up in.

[@InTheSpotlight755]

Brexit Status 2024: 1. Brexit is DONE, EU doors are shut and Brexit cannot be reversed. 2. The treaty cannot be renegotiated and/or rewritten. 3. The existing international treaty will not be replaced by a new one. 4. As a lawyer Keir Starmer cannot ignore that an international treaty is like an agreed and signed contract and that changes only can be made to that contract/international treaty if BOTH parties agree to do so. However, the EU's answer is/was already "NO, Thanks but NO Thanks, Or you are IN, or you are OUT. No more cherries on that cake. END OFF". The EU respects the democratic decision of the UK to leave the EU. Brexit means Brexit, OUT means OUT and OUT you are. Britain managed to vote itself out, but won't be able to vote itself back in. Joining the EU: Not yet to talk about the criteria and conditions that need to be fulfilled, before being able to join the EU/27 member states, i.e. "accepting the Euro €, requirement that a state has the institutions to preserve democratic governance and *human rights, has a functioning market economy, and accepts the obligations and intent of the European Union." Just a little reminder: The UK's applications to join in 1963 and 1967 were vetoed by the President of France, Charles de Gaulle. While it was true that Britain's economy, like many others, was struggling to recover from the high cost of WW2, De Gaulle had personal as well as economic reasons for not wanting the British around the table. Hate against the EU: During and after the Brexit referendum campaign, Britain has not stopped to display their hate against the EU as well as campaigning to leave the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) for the simple reason that it contains the word "Europe" in it.. The EU/27 member states certainly have reasons enough, to reject any future application for a UK candidacy as a future EU member state and it will not come as any surprise whatsoever. Human Rights: - isn't it the UK with its Tory government and their friends from the far-right business company Reform UK Ltd, who are campaigning to leave the ECHR and by doing so, are taking away the Human Rights of its own population? There already is the first hurdle and there are more of them i.e. not respecting international laws and by breaking them. Who on earth would like to have a country like that as a club member? The UK would be well advised to join Belarus and Russia instead. One cannot join the EU like taking a bus, a taxi, a train, a plane when it suits the political and financial agenda and then tell the EU to f* off after having milked it financially for decades. Conclusion: If the British public, farmers and fishermen vote for these con-artists and Putin apologists again, then they cannot blame anybody else but themselves! Fool me once, shame on You! Fool me twice, shame on ME! This is what Nigel Farage and the Tories stand for: Getting rid of YOUR Human Rights (the European Court of Human Rights i.e., ECHR, enshrined in the Good Friday Agreement) and breaching international laws and conventions i.e., UNCHR Refugee Convention 1951 and its 1967 Protocol. Watch your Human Rights and Your Equality Act going up in flames! The Media: BBC, ITV, K-GB News and SKY News, Daily Express, Daily Mail, The Telegraph etc helping Hitler and Putin loving Nigel Farage to get elected? You bet! Putin will be so proud of his friend Nigel, will he not?! NHS for sale: Nigel Farage (broker) and Donald Trump (bidder) and for Labour, Wes Streeting (broker) and the Israeli IDF linked Health Firm (bidder). BYE BYE NHS. Climate Change: Source: DeSmog By Adam Barnetton Nov 17, 2023 "Nigel Farage’s Reform Party Took £135,000 from Climate Science Deniers and Fossil Fuel Interests All of the anti-net zero party’s funders in 2023 have oil and gas investments or ties to climate science denial."

[@skinwalker_]

The last good Tory

[@paulholdstock4751]

Exactly

[@robertandrew5768]

​@@paulholdstock4751He was never a Conservative. He got fat because he did nothing.

[@richardrozmanowski8753]

Honourable and sensible MP

[@tonyb9735]

The only Tory prepared to pit the needs of the country ahead of the needs of the Party.

[@newblackdog7827]

The needs of his warped, defeatist ideology you mean?

[@drwhatson]

LOL

[@geoffreyhughes9979]

We will return to the EU.

[@philyewin4880]

It was our choice to leave, but it will be upto the EU members whether to let us rejoin. The countries that will lose business to us will Veto our rejoining.

[@RealMash]

@@philyewin4880 And you have to fulfill Copenhagen Criteria, Article 49 and have to reduce debt/GDP to 55% from more than 100%. That alone will take you two decades.

[@RazorMouth]

​​​@@RealMash very true but we all know the EU can bend its own rules on serious matters. Don't underestimate what the UK brings to the table, it's military for one. It's not Albania or Montenegro. Also it would immediately be a net contributor to the budget unlike other new members. I'm not sure the Copenhagen criteria would apply 100% in this case.

[@brianwindsor6565]

​@@RazorMouth I know we need to rejoin but I'm not sure what weight our dwindling military will bring to the table. We are there for all through NATO!

[@RazorMouth]

@@brianwindsor6565 I'm more talking about PESCO.

[@tonyomalley65]

A political giant and a massive loss to our future.

[@newblackdog7827]

A traitor!

[@Forge167]

Compare and contrast with the idiocy of Johnson

[@user-bt8cz9nv4x]

That’s what you get for asking the Proles to vote in such an important referendum! A simple Parliamentary Vote would have been sufficient!

[@mikecfranks]

So true a member who represents true Tory values not these muppets currently serving or self serving

[@vasiliualexandru4725]

Or Russia

[@stephenredmond8080]

He is a true hero....8 years on and not a single benefit yet. In France on holiday at the moment...Great pothole free roads great health service, booming industry, fantastic train service, strong booming manufacturing industries, cheaper utilities, cheaper food prices (what cost of living crisis??) ...everything works here unlike broken Britain.. we broke it in 2016!! The difference?? France has been totally committed to the EU since 1957 and is reaping since and is reaping the economic benefits!!

[@muzikhed]

They didn't take heed of his advice and now the doldrums have set in just as he said.

[@alexzicker]

why didn't lobbyists bribe him? why wasn't he blackmailed? why wasn't he on the payroll of some foreign secret service?

[@jimgraham6722]

Sanity is an unfashionable commodity amongst politicians these days.

[@sebastianverney7851]

If only Clarke had been Prime Minister brexit might never have happened

[@maka4357]

Simply magnificent and valid forever 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🙏🏻😳🙏🏻

[@Tridhos]

Ken Clarke and Michael Heseltine both wanted to become PM. However can you imagine either ditching their conviction that the UK belonged in the EU just to secure the top job. May, Johnson and Truss were all remainers and never had any problem switching sides in order to secure the top job.

[@houmm08]

Nope. The difference is that Boris and Pawk Markets are self-serving thickies, incapable of looking beyond their own interests. That is not true of Heseltine and Clarke.

[@saltwell]

Absolutely. The default for Tories is "career, personal wealth and personal advancement first, country last".

[@andypdq]

The late Tony Benn suggested that there were two types of politicians, signposts and weather cocks. Whichever way the wind blows, the signposts point in the same direction, there seem to be precious few of these people of principle in politics today.

[@allthatchas]

With regard to May, I think she did really feel the conviction that they needed to do justice to the referendum outcome, which I think they should. Just imagine the anger in the country if they had not done that. She did her best to get a deal that would keep the UK closer aligned to the EU, but she was sabotaged by her own party. I don't think it was about her own career and personal advancement at all. Johnson is a different story.

[@saltwell]

@@allthatchas I don't think that's true at all. It was during May's tenure that the "Brexit means Brexit" nonsense started - with no consensus at all on what kind of Brexit had been voted for. Despite the narrowness of the Leave win, May decided we had to go for a hard Brexit and leave the Customs Union, when various Leave campaigners had said "There's no question of leaving the Customs Union". There was no mandate for such a hard Brexit and Parliament let us all down badly by voting to trigger Article 50 with no plan for how to proceed. (Of course, Johnson's abortive deal was a botched job very close to the "No Deal" which would have made us even worse off.) The lesson for all of them should be not to give in to extremists.

[@yeomanie]

How many of the other MPs in the House on that day were so well informed?

[@lorenzolocatelirossi]

What a shame he was not taken seriously.

[@johnjackson7918]

Brilliant. Quite brilliant Ken.

[@johnbrooks3832]

This man would given the UK away lock stock and barrel to the EU if he had his way

[@petergaskin1811]

You sir are a fool and an idiot. Absolute rubbish, sir.

[@BigBikeMad-ox8vo]

No members on either side of the house of this caliber remains....

[@Phillip_Reese]

... and Body Johnson expelled him and a few more, making me a Tory's enemy, and now I have to vote for people I don't know.

[@1cpascal]

Britain needs more leaders like him instead of the clowns that the parties tend to put in charge.

[@blue_jay31]

For sure !

[@Rebecca-nt6uq]

It is,sad to see what both major parties have reduced themselves to. Weak!

[@user-hx6po3sc3l]

What a speech!

[@jamesotoole671]

Totally brilliant. I've never heard better from anyone

[@123ZURLON]

His behaviour over the contaminated blood scandal shows he ain’t no hero.

[@davidmcculloch8490]

Whataboutery identified.

[@mattantonelli4273]

just brilliants

[@mikewa2]

Look behind Ken to see 2 MP’s who have been bought for their view on EU. Where are they now??

[@nikolaslarson6891]

Extraordinary!

[@InternationalBrit]

Common sense from a politician! Refreshing.

[@slackster999]

Brilliant and Correct

[@johnsmithmaps]

Exceptional man and politics ...

[@romanomorelli2831]

What a great sensible speech he was so right and look now is Britten better of ?

[@stevecarter8810]

Even if we return, our special terms are gone forever anyway. Next up for us is to become effectively swallowed by US interests.

[@gavinedinburgh]

This speech aged so well!

[@00corwin00]

Great man, speaking truth but crooks from the front row and very rich convinced Britts to make a stupid mistake. Hope you will change your mind asap.

[@jonathanwetherell3609]

Very wise words. History has already proven him right.

[@jeanjohnstone4384]

what a man, what an assessment. 👏👏

[@Andrea-sp9gj]

A giant in the land of the clowns

[@mickymack1230]

Best Prime Minister we never had.A very decent chap.

[@betel1345]

He understood and he stood up

[@davephillips9360]

Pity on all of the deaf ears at that moment

[@stonerwallsend9563]

I can't believe i agree with Ken Clarke........ But boy was he right lets hope we can rejoin the single market

[@JwayT]

Didnt he want us to join the Euro?

[@Jimbo_LB]

He took us into a trading block. Unfortunately it morphed into a political union that is where it went wrong. A catastrophe. If it had stayed a trading block we would have stayed.

[@Be-Es---___]

When the intelligence of a man differs too much from his surroundings.

[@annagregor2529]

Wise words……..

[@markrussell6881]

His words have stood the test of time.

[@robertanderson-yx8mo]

Why was the don't leave argument not heard at the time.all we heard was we are £350milloin a week better off in the NHS if we leave.

[@Carrogwayleaves]

A great politician

[@liamgaynor3576]

Class act

[@dukeofaaghisle7324]

It seems to me that many people who voted in the referendum in favour of the U.K.’s departure from the EU did so on the basis of the Vote Leave lies about how this action would improve the NHS. The Tory Party, however, appears to have assumed that all the ‘yes’ votes were based on the issue of immigration, and has since been led by the nose further and further to the right by Farage, from fear of losing support to Reform U.K. plc. It is no wonder that they are floundering.

[@jkudjoe]

Brilliant.

[@neilwharfe4499]

In answer to his final sentence….they have no conscience and i doubt they will be members from the 5th. (On his side of the house!) For me labour should be also be ashamed of their indifference in the run up to such a crucial change of national direction.

[@lorihenderson673]

Dont forget the harm he did under thatcher

[@annenunney9907]

We never will but he is right about brexit

[@brianmarshallsay2107]

Brilliant

[@pfefferle74]

I had actually watched his speed live back then. He seemed to be the only adult in an absolute Kindergarten.

[@algernonwolfwhistle6351]

First class summation and speech. The consciences of many on his benches are not to be tested as they are leaving the reeling tory cause like the proverbial rats off a sinking ship.

[@allthatchas]

He rightly addressed this after the referendum, but he should have put all his weight behind remain before the election. They didn't believe brexit could happen, so they didn't campaign all that hard. He had the same opinions before the referendum, but he too did not make himself heard enough. Too bad, it has been incredibly costly to the UK, and also (albeit to a lesser degree) to us in the rest of Europe.

[@gutplucker]

Wow, he eas very prescient!

[@georgebolam-gb2lg]

this is the man that was minister for health during the ambulance dispute.....when people list there lives....people have really short memories. ..........

[@rennkoop7317]

stated !! so true..clear as anything...

[@Alfadrottning86]

well, and then - in 2019 - the British PEOPLE confirmed their vote and gave the Tory party, the "new" Tory party a blank cheque to do as they please.

[@stevejones2310]

Yeah right. (Sarc)

[@Alfadrottning86]

@@stevejones2310 so, you deny that the people gave the Tory party an absolute majority in 2019?

[@paologat]

@@Alfadrottning86FPTP absolutely did. The people, not so much.

[@stevejones2310]

@@Alfadrottning86 80 seat majority... undeniable. But it was largely an anti Corbyn vote. But yes, pretty much a blank cheque by default.

[@Alfadrottning86]

@@paologat I understand that FPTP is terrible - but you (people) really HAVE to take responsibility for once. YES! .. it is not a democratic majority, we know that. and YES! FPTP is systemically undemocratic - but you cannot (must not) pretend that it was not the people voting for the Tory majority. Brits know their political system. As it stands .. Labour will get a massive majority (they better do... ) in 2024. You want to see far-right wingers prance around stating "oh, its not a majority!! .. actually democratically, only a minority voted left .. its just our FPTP system, you know". I live in your neighbour country - i know your political system. But still .. the people (no, not FPTP) gave the Tory party a majority. They could have done tactical voting, they could have - you know .. simply not vote Tory. But they did. No matter how you turn it .. off of all the people casting their vote (f*** non voters) ... the majority favoured the ones that stood for lies, deception and self harm. i think its about time people reflected on that instead of blaming others. Same with the recent EU election -- its not outside stuff that gave the right-wing more votes (less than most media outlets state .. its actually not a massive increase by and large) -- its always the people. In Germany, every 5th person voted far-right. in France .. nearly every 2nd person favours the fascist le Pen. In Italy .. well, they got into power. In Poland, they had a far-right government for years .. and the only ones to blame for that are the people who actually cast their votes. (unless it is proven that people were either FORCED to vote that way .. or that there is election fraud going on)

[@user-hx6po3sc3l]

Well done mate