David Norris (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I have to say I agree with my Sinn Féin colleague. It is a comprehensive mess. Everyone is against it. They have even managed to unify the Johnson family. There was old grandpa Johnson who did not know. There was Boris who was first for "Remain" and then for "Leave". Then, there is Jo, his younger brother, who has always been "Remain". We have a unified Johnson family – hurray - and they are all against it. Everyone is against it.

The UK Cabinet is leaking like a sinking ship. UK Cabinet Ministers are walking away from everything. We know the facts of the opinion polls. We hear a good deal about the people's voice and the voice of the people. It is a kind of Hitlerian chant, but we know now that the people have changed their minds. The opinion polls show that utterly clearly. They have changed their minds. What is the voice of the people? The leavers – the Brexiteers – are afraid of the voice of the people. That is why they do not want a second referendum. I will say one thing: there is a second referendum coming. This is going to go down the drain. They are all going to vote against, and that is a bloody good thing. Let us have a second referendum. The tragedy is that we will have a much-weakened Britain as a member of the European Community. It will never regain its status.

The second thing I wish to raise is the fact that myself and Senator Bacik received on Thursday a notice of the schedule of business. It said clearly that the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill was being taken at 2 p.m. after the Greyhound Racing Bill.