Nick Clegg gets ripped to shreds by Andrew Neil on the Liberal Democrats’ hypocrytical position on Brexit

NICK CLEGG was ripped to shreds by Andrew Neil today on his party's position on Brexit.

The former Deputy Prime Minister was slapped down by the BBC presenter over the Liberal Democrats' plans to re-run the referendum result.

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Speaking on The Sunday Politics after the Lib Dem candidate Sarah Olney won the Richmond Park by-election from Zac Goldsmith earlier this week, Mr Clegg said the result was a fight-back from Remain voters.

Ms Olney said after her win that the result was a rejection of Brexit and could give her a mandate to vote against Article 50.

"You can't extrapolate one part of south west London from the rest of the country," Mr Clegg argued.

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"It was a very very strong feeling among those type of people who feel that because they disagreed... they are no longer entitled to hold their views, they are shouted down as moaners," he said.

He also admitted there were "circumstances" in which he would vote against Article 50, despite the clear result of 17m to Leave the EU.

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Presenter Andrew Neil quoted lines from the Leave campaign which set out their position in the event that the country voted to Leave.

"The Brexiteers didn't dare to spell out what they actually meant... there was no manifesto," Mr Clegg replied.

But the BBC presenter then replayed a number of clips from former PM David Cameron, former Chancellor, George Osborne and Boris Johnson which said the UK would exit the Single Market.

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"They wanted to leave the Single Market... that's quite clear," Mr Neil said.

But Mr Clegg hit back: "It was much more opaque than that."

"Where was the manifesto from all of the key Brexiteers saying 'this is what will happen'?" Mr Clegg asked.

"A TV show watched by a fraction of the electorate is not the same as putting before the people a clear plan."

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"This textual analysis is getting us nowhere," he snapped when Mr Neil played him back clips of himself from during the referendum debates.

"This is a once in a lifetime vote," he had said, but now the Lib Dems are fighting for a second referendum on Brexit terms.

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"Your party is the Liberal Democrats... Many people watching this will think, 'maybe it's time for a rebrand?'"

He was met with a blank, death stare from the former Lib Dem leader.

"I don't know what you're driving at," he said angrily.