Post-Brexit Britain will be “reminiscent” of Germany under the Nazis, a peer has said, as he claimed people are crying themselves to sleep over the UK’s exit from the EU.

Lord Greaves used a debate on Boris Johnson’s Withdrawal Bill in the House of Lords to draw comparison between Britain after January 31 and Germany in the 1930s.

"I am particularly concerned about what the Government is doing about prevention of discrimination in the transition period,” he said.

"I am fearful that on January 31 some things may happen in some places which could be reminiscent of things happening in Germany in the early 1930s.

"I am worried about this, because there is that sentiment amongst a hostile minority of the population."

He added: “Many, many people in this country...who are full of dismay, distress are crying at night when they go to sleep, they are crying in the morning when they wake up and all they get from the unfeeling, hard-headed Tories is moans.”