Who is Lord Ashdown trying to kid?

He claims his new political movement is all about “ordinary people” and to “give voice to the voiceless”.

Then he reveals his main supporters are Martha Lane Fox, Simon Schama and Dan Snow – all multi-millionaires and Oxbridge-educated.

And in Dan Snow’s case – the son-in-law of Britain’s wealthiest landowner, the Duke of Westminster.

I suspect the true reasons for Lord Ashdown’s action are twofold; his anger at the near-annihilation suffered by the Liberal Democrats at the last election and Brexit from his beloved EU.

He has made no secret that his chief motive is a second referendum at some point to rejoin the EU through funding those politicians who support “our principles” at future general elections – replacing those incumbents who hold alternative views.

The facts are that almost 17.5 million ‘ordinary’ people voted to leave.

Ominously, it appears that Lord Ashdown is attempting to maintain the Westminster elite protocol of demanding we vote for what they require us to.

The people have spoken, Lord Ashdown, you should accept the majority verdict – and we are still waiting for you to eat your hat from the 2015 General Election.

JIM SOKOL
St John’s Way, Hempton, near Banbury