Aftermath of the United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, 2016 K. Topaloff argued that a second referendum would "surely destroy the EU" because the resulting anger of Leave supporters in the UK would spread anti-EU sentiment in other countries. On 26 June, former prime minister Tony Blair said the option of holding a second referendum should not be ruled out. A week later he suggested the will of the people could change, and that Parliament should reflect that. Alastair Campbell, the Downing Street Director of Communications under Blair called for a second referendum setting out "the terms on which we leave. And the terms on which we could remain". Labour
Alastair Goodlad Alastair Goodlad Alastair Robertson Goodlad, Baron Goodlad (born 4 July 1943) is a British Conservative politician who served as the British High Commissioner to Australia from 2000 until 2005. Goodlad attended Marlborough College and studied law at King's College, Cambridge. Goodlad first stood for Parliament in 1970 when he contested Crewe, but was beaten by Labour's Scholefield Allen. He was Member of Parliament successively for Northwich (1974–83) and Eddisbury (1983–99), Goodlad also served as a junior Foreign Office Minister then as Prime Minister John Major's Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury and Chief Whip for which in the 1997 Prime Minister's