Graham Norton was ‘astonished by pack of Brexit lies sold to people’

Graham Norton has admitted that he was astonished by the “pack of lies” people were sold to vote during the Brexit referendym.

In June this year, the U.K. voted to leave the E.U. which shocked many people including the Republic of Ireland’s residents as it will affect the country greatly.

“I was astonished that people bought the pack of lies they were sold and I feel sorry for the people who voted for it because they were lied to,” he said.

Brexit: Graham feels that the public were fed a pack of lies about Brexit, especially young people | RTE

The chat show host said that although people will focus on the economy, it’s the impact of it on young people that was “the most depressing thing.”

“They were promised things that are never going to happen and they were told [about] the things that are now unfolding – ‘oh don’t worry, that won’t happen,'” he told Ryan Tubridy on the Late Late Show.

“What is great about being young is you’ve so many options. Life – all the doors are open, every door is open.

“What is so sad about Brexit is that people over 60, because it was people over 60 passed that thing, closed so many doors on young people and shut down options. Shut down options about studying abroad, living abroad, working in places.”

No brainer: The 53-year-old thinks Britain should rerun the referendum like Ireland has done before | BBC

The Cork native thinks that Britain should take a page out of Ireland’s book and run the referendum again.

“It just seemed absolutely the wrong instinct. Don’t make the world smaller, don’t shut things down. I understand where the fear comes from but I think it is sad,” he added.

“You do think: ‘do you not see what they do in Ireland?’ If you get the wrong answer, you ask again! It was a no brainer.”