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Lib Dem peer blasted after claiming Britain will be like Nazi Germany after Brexit
A LIB Dem peer has been blasted after after claiming Britain will be like Nazi Germany after Brexit.
Lord Greaves stunned his colleagues after suggesting EU nationals could face treatment "reminiscent" of 1930's Germany once Britain finally leaves the EU.
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The controversial comments came as peers debated amendments to Boris Johnson's Withdrawal Bill, which will see us out of the bloc at midnight on January 31.
He said: "I am fearful on the 31st January that some things may happen in some places which could be reminiscent of things happening in Germany in the early 1930s.
"I am worried because there is that sentiment among a hostility minority of the population and I'd like to know what the Government is trying to stop this happening."
Lord Greaves also labelled the Government "unfeeling hard-headed Tories".
He said: "People are moaning, people are crying at night when they go to sleep, they are crying in the morning when they wake up.
“They are feeling a sense of loss that is akin to bereavement and a grieving process has only just begun."
His comments sparked fury, with Labour peer Lord Grocott among those hitting out at the comments.
He said: "He's just made a comparison, I'm slightly reeling from it, between Britain on February 1 this year and Nazi Germany in 1933."
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Home Office Minister Baroness Williams of Trafford said: “To compare January 31 to Nazi Germany, I think, is rather a step too far.”
Lord Greaves then defended his remarks.
He said: "The day after the referendum, people had their windows put in, people were abused in the street, paint was daubed on people's houses, that kind of thing.
"I am very worried that on the 1st February and 2nd February there will be a wave of this kind of thing."
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