Brexiteer billionaires who gave more than £4million to Leave battle give up hopes of Britain ever quitting the EU
Brexiteer billionaires who gave more than £4million to the Leave battle today said they have given up on Britain ever actually quitting the EU.
Peter Hargreaves, the billionaire who was the second biggest donor to the 2016 leave campaign, and veteran hedge fund manager Crispin Odey they now expect Britain to stay in the EU despite their campaign victory in the 2016 referendum.
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Their warning came as Jeremy Hunt warned MPs that killing off the Brexit deal could well mean no Brexit.
The Foreign Secretary insisted the developments in Parliament over the past few days had shown it wants to block the UK from crashing out without an agreement.
Accusing Speaker John Bercow of a campaign to ‘frustrate’ the government, Mr Hunt said there was now a ‘possibility in sight’ of the country not leaving the EU at all.
But he warned that failing to deliver Brexit in the wake of the 2016 referendum would be a ‘fundamental breach of trust’ with the public.
The PM has been making increasingly desperate efforts to turn the tide of opinion on her plan – including reaching out to Labour MPs and union leaders.
However, senior figures concede that defeat is looking inevitable, with estimates suggesting it could be the biggest ever.