I do not know about trusting opinion polls, but they are clearly evidence that people have changed their mind. Yes, 17.4 million people voted in a certain way three years ago, but the aggregate of opinion polls suggests that a significant number of them have changed their mind. We have ignored, up to now, the 48% who did not go along with the proposition, and we are in danger of not only continuing to ignore them but denying the possibility that people might have changed their minds, and ignoring the fact that they have.
Leaving the EU
Proceeding contribution from
Tommy Sheppard
(Scottish National Party)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 14 January 2019.
It occurred during e-petition debate on Leaving the EU.
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