Leave supporter Darren Grimes emphasised that the Government gave the people of the country the opportunity to decide their own future regarding relations with the European Union. During an interview with Express.co.uk Mr Grimes argued that MPs couldn’t pick and choose which votes they respected. He noted that a failure to implement Brexit would shake people’s belief in democracy and politicians.

He said: “Politicians fundamentally do not get to decide which votes that they respect.

“That is what is happening right now.

“I repeat this again because I think it is so important.

“Parliament gave that decision to the people, we voted to Leave.

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“I think for trust in our politics, for trust in our democratic institutions we need this.

“Look at what is happening in Hong Kong right now.

“Can we turn around and look at the Chinese with a straight face and say what they are doing is wrong.

“If we overturn the biggest democratic mandate in British electoral history, that would be madness.”

Earlier in the interview, Mr Grimes also insisted he was confident Boris Johnson and his team would be able to deliver Brexit.

He explained that Boris Johnson and each member of his team was committed to delivering Brexit and therefore could be trusted.

He added that the Leave majority were being treated like a minority by some politicians as he complained about Remainers failing to respect the referendum result.

Mr Grimes said: “I trust the people that Boris Johnson has put around him.

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“For a long time, I think the Leave majority, 17.4 million of them, have been treated like a minority.

“We are spoken about as this minority that can be fobbed off and ignored.

“I think that is what project fear was all about.

“We have had constant attrition of our morals and people have just thought, Parliamentarians have been thinking: they will get bored of it, these plebs will just move on and forget about their fanciful ideas about independence and trading around the world.

“And actually that hasn’t happened.”

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