Farage urges Leave voters to prepare for ‘worst case scenario’ second referendum
Nigel Farage was joined at a Leave Means Leave rally by other prominent Brexit campaigners including Tory MP Jacob Rees-Mogg.
Nigel Farage has said he believes the UK may face a second Brexit referendum in the coming months and has urged Leave campaigners to “get ready for every situation”.
The MEP and former Ukip leader said he did not think “the great Brexit betrayal is anywhere near finished” and was “more fearful than any point in this process”.
He added: “We’ve now got to move into a different gear. We’ve got to start forming branches and active groups all over this country.
“We’ve got to re-engage with those millions of people who never voted in their lives before.
“And if all our efforts come to nothing because we leave at 11pm on March 29th, then so much the better.
“But can I urge you, can I implore you to get ready for every situation. I think they will, in the next few months, betray us completely and let us be ready not just to fight back, but if it comes, we will win it next time by a much bigger margin.”
Mr Wilson and Mr Farage both made reference to Chancellor Philip Hammond’s recent comments that the no confidence vote against Theresa May would “flush out the extremists” in the party.
Mr Wilson said: “In the words of the old Dad’s Army theme, who do you think you’re kidding Mr Hammond?”
When Mr Farage mentioned Mr Hammond, the audience let out a loud boo, to which the MEP said: “Great, a new bogeyman!”
In his speech, Mr Rees-Mogg attacked Mrs May’s Brexit deal, calling it a “distraction”.
“It’s also a distraction from why we wanted to leave. We wanted to leave, ladies and gentlemen, because we think we can do better for ourselves.”
Mr Martin said he had swapped some of Wetherspoon’s EU imported products for UK ones, in order to “show some muscle” against EU “scare stories”.
He said: “We at Wetherspoon decided to do a little experiment. We’re going to take French brandy and we’re going to take French champagne and German imported Jagermeister … and we’re going to swap them for UK products.
“But there comes a time, which I think has arrived now, and we have to show a bit of muscle.”
Mr Martin said since taking this decision his trade had “gone up”.
All the speakers at the rally advocated rejecting Mrs May’s deal and leaving the EU on March 29 with no deal.
“No deal, no problem,” Mr Farage said.
“We can look forward to big parties starting at 11pm on the night of 29th March.”
