For him, a vote to delay the process is the only possible outcome that will emerge this week. We were outside the euro zone. Patten will say that further efforts to seek a compromise on the Irish backstop are unlikely to succeed. Passing the question back to voters is seen by some as a way to end the impasse and give a clear instruction to politicians on what to do. 'We are not just kicking the can full of our unspecified hopes down the road. We created pretty well the single market ourselves. The first is the beginnings of Storm Gareth blowing in from the Atlantic. If you are not so polite you say mendacity.”. Lord Patten of Barnes, to give him his full title, was in Galway on Tuesday to deliver a speech in honour of the formidable Northern civil servant Maurice Hayes, who bequeathed his archive to NUIG and with whom Patten worked closely in Northern Ireland, first as a minister, then as chairman of the Patten Commission which transformed and depoliticised policing here. “We more than anything else had to drive the enlargement in central and eastern Europe. We did very well out of it. Others say it should be Remain versus Mrs May's Brexit deal. 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These are similar to the tactics made famous by Dr Strangelove: if you threaten that something crazy will happen, your opponents will back down.”. He later became the last British governor of Hong Kong, an EU commissioner, and also chairman of the Patten Commission, which he says was probably the greatest success of his career. From his eyrie of the House of Lords, he has witnessed with horror a reverse takeover of the Tories. Farm Heroes Saga, the #4 Game on iTunes. The majority are dying off. What a 'united Ireland' could mean in reality? A second referendum may be the only way to end the 'sorry shambles' of Brexit, former Tory Cabinet minister Lord Patten will warn today. However you define that word, its temporary nature can only end when the 27 members of the EU agree this with the United Kingdom. Chris Patten, the former Conservative party chairman, is to declare support for a second referendum on the UK’s membership of the EU. How long does it take to call and fight a referendum? I am 74,” he says. A new referendum would take almost six months - at least - to pass the necessary laws, establish campaigns and actually have the battle at the ballot box. Former cabinet minister Lord Patten has warned against a return to "old feuds" in Northern Ireland post-Brexit. “People think if we get this withdrawal deal through, it’s all over. Nobody knows for sure - and this is probably the hardest question of all. You are only starting a process that will go on and an and on and will continue to poison British politics and will continue to divide the Conservative Party. 0 Comments on this paragraph, 56 in all 56 Comments on this article Adrian Bursill Sep 16, 2019 The comments below have not been moderated. Ardently pro-European and a moderate Tory, Patten has watched in horror from the House of Lords at the debacle that has unfolded. There is no fixed schedule but former Cabinet minister Justine Greening last month set out a 22 week timetable - just under six months start to finish. 'The whole sorry shambles began with a decision to call a referendum in order to try to manage the English nationalist right wing of the Conservative Party,' he will say. Before that can even happen, for political reasons there would probably have to be some kind of moment creating a 'mandate' for a new referendum as it is something neither of the main parties promised at the last election. There was no evidence, despite May’s assertions, that this was the people voted for, he says. That may prove to be the only and the best way for Britain to avoid an act of self-harm that would betray the aspirations of so many – not least the younger citizens of this country,” he said. The Tory eurosceptic European Research Group, he adds, is worse in its political effects than the socialist Labour movement, Momentum. We got Europe a la carte. “We should have a delay until the end of the year or early next year and go back to those awful bloody red lines, and you would try to go back and negotiate something like the Norway Agreement, which would not be as good as what we have now. “I dare say that in the 1980s and 1990s, if we had seen what was happening today, we would have bought it in a heartbeat: no violence; no shootings, no bombings, or putting drills into people’s knees. Lord Patten will endorse the 'People's Vote' campaign for a new vote despite admitting his loathing of referendums. “Why is the backstop necessary? Chris Patten, the former Conservative party chairman, is to declare support for a second referendum on the UK’s membership of the EU. Lord Patten will dismiss the Prime Minister's warning that rejecting her deal could lead to the UK crashing out of the EU without an agreement. He later became the last British governor of Hong Kong, an EU commissioner, and also chairman of the Patten Commission, which he says was probably the greatest success of his career. 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