Theresa May was accused of “utter hypocrisy” today for appearing to airbrush her own record of trying to reverse a previous referendum.
In a draft of today’s speech, released by No 10, she claimed the result of the 1997 Welsh referendum was “accepted by both sides”, despite only being carried by a 0.3 per cent majority.
But there was outcry on Twitter as users recalled she and other Tories voted against the Welsh verdict in Parliament. When in Stoke, Mrs May altered her speech to say the result was “accepted by Parliament”, glossing over her bid to change history.
Mrs May was among 144 MPs who backed an amendment to sabotage the Government of Wales Bill.
Alongside her in trying to reverse the Welsh referendum result were Brexiteers Liam Fox, John Redwood, Iain Duncan Smith, Owen Paterson, Bernard Jenkin and John Whittingdale. Labour MP Jo Stevens said the development exposed “utter hypocrisy from the PM”.
