MONMOUTH MP David Davies has blasted former prime minister Tony Blair’s refusal to say whether he would accept the result of a second EU referendum if the Leave side won again. ??Asked by the BBC’s John Humphrys if he would call for a third referendum if Remain lost for the second time, Mr Blair refused to rule it out on Radio Four’s flagship Today programme last Thursday.

Mr Blair, whose opposition to Great Britain leaving the European Union prompted him to set up a think tank, has called for a second referendum on the exit terms, and also admitted he felt this hypothetical option would be a chance for the public to ‘change its mind’ on the issue.

David Davies MP said the comments underlined Mr Blair’s refusal to accept the result of 2016’s referendum in which 17.4m people voted to leave the European Union, before referring to mid-2000s votes in Ireland and Holland which initially rejected the Lisbon Treaty, but were then re-run.

“Tony Blair has simply reiterated what we all know,” said Mr Davies. “Which is that if the EU lose a referendum they either ignore the result, or order the country concerned to keep holding further referendums until the deliver the result required by Brussels.”

Mr Davies, was a prominent voice for the former Leave campaign.

Crucial second-stage Brexit talks are set to resume in March, with Prime Minister Theresa May preparing to get down to trade discussions with the bloc, before officially leaving the European Union in March, 2019.