Calling people like me ‘swivel eyed loons’ helped us achieve Brexit
- Posted on June 9, 2026
- By The Independent
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Calling people like me ‘swivel eyed loons’ helped us achieve Brexit
In this extract from ‘The Brexit Effect, 2016-2026’, former Ukip MP and Vote Leave founder Douglas Carswell says why he believes Remainers ‘absurd warnings’ were their undoing, and why it all went wrong for the big push towards a ‘self-governing’ country