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She is absolutely right. Contrary to the orchestrated wailing from the Remoaners, the referendum was the embodiment of popular democracy. The debate was intense, the turnout a record, the outcome decisive. Nor is there any real evidence that the public mood has changed since then, despite all the wishful thinking from the Brussels worshippers.

Most of the public, including many Remain voters, simply want the Government to get on with delivering Brexit. But the pro-EU fanatics have never accepted the result. Marinated in their federalist ideology and gripped by contempt for the public will, they have continually agitated to overturn the verdict. Now, as the Government's withdrawal negotiations with the EU reach a crucial phase, their shrill campaign for another ballot is ascending to new heights of hysteria.

Hardcore Remain campaigners are displaying a disdain for democracy

This effort is led by an organisation called People's Vote, whose supporters include hard-core Remainers such as the dreary Green MP Caroline Lucas. Indeed, the group is little more than the Remain campaign by another title. Having miserably failed to win in 2016, this arrogant bunch now wants another go, cynically cloaking their bitterness in the language of democracy. Their very name reeks of hypocrisy. We have already had a people's vote. If these campaigners respected the electorate, they would uphold the 2016 decision instead of trying to reverse it. The same insulting disingenuous attitude shines through the organisation's latest report, published yesterday. Hailed as "a roadmap to a people's vote", this document argues that, even though Britain is meant to leave the EU next March, it is still not too late for another referendum.

Green MP Caroline Lucas

The authors try to set out the practicalities of how this may be achieved, including the mechanics of the legislation and the potential questions on a new ballot paper. Yet at the heart of all the legalese lies a monumental form of deceit. The People's Vote campaigners maintain that all they seek is public approval for the final Brexit deal: "Let's be clear - this is not a second referendum, or a rerun of the vote in 2016." But such a claim is grossly misleading. A rerun is precisely what they want. In fact, their report yesterday is quite explicit on this point. "The option of staying in the EU must be on the ballot paper," it says. The same disdain for democracy can be found in all the group's machinations.

One section in the report argues "there is a strong case for extending the franchise" in another Brexit vote: young people aged 16 and 17; EU nationals resident here; and British expats who have lived abroad for longer than 15 years. The pro-EU brigade no doubt thinks that all three categories are likely to back Remain, but it would be a travesty to enrol them. Because they are deemed too immature for adult responsibilities, 16-year-olds are not allowed to hold a driving licence, have a credit card, buy alcohol, or even watch certain films, so how on earth can they be allowed to vote? Long-term expats have built their lives elsewhere so have little right to a say in Britain's future, while foreigners should acquire British citizenship if they want full participation in our democracy. The central belief of People's Vote campaigners is that the British people were misled in 2016, so another try is needed to make sure the right decision is made.

But this reflects a profoundly snobbish mentality, in which Leave voters are portrayed as nothing more than ignorant bigots incapable of appreciating the need to submit to EU rule and the ideology of globalisation. Such condescension infuses the outlook of Lord Kerr, a former diplomat and leading figure in the People's Vote campaign, who said in late 2016: "Immigration is the thing that keeps this country running. We native Brits are so bloody stupid that we need an injection of intelligent young people from outside." Those words encapsulate the self-loathing, anti-British defeatism of pro-EU zealots. Yet the People's Vote campaigners are not nearly as clever as they imagine.

Theresa May has ruled out another brexit vote