Presiding Officer, we've heard from different parts of the Chamber this afternoon a whole number of reasons why we're in the mess we're in today. But not from one person—not from one person—who advocated leaving the European Union have we heard any recognition that it was the lies told in that referendum that's led directly to the undermining of our politics today and the situation we're facing today. The political crisis that we're facing today is a direct consequence—a direct consequence—of the lies told in that referendum. Let me say this: we have moved, in a little less than three years, from being promised £350 million a week for the national health service to the threat of soldiers on the street and the imposition of martial law. It's not a great success, is it?

And let me tell you this as well, when I hear these Conservative Members—when I hear these Conservative Members—telling me that I should respect the referendum, what I hear are other Conservative Members who not so long ago were speaking in the House of Commons to undermine the devolution vote in 1997 within two months of the ballots closing. They didn't respect that referendum during the campaign, they didn't respect the referendum when the result was announced, and they've fought hard to stop the devolution process ever since.

So, don't you come to this place and lecture us on respect for the political process, because what you've done—what you've done—over three years has been to undermine the political structures and institutions of this country in a way that I cannot remember at any point in my lifetime. And I think many of us, wherever we are sitting in this Chamber today, will recognise and understand that the last few years have been the worst few years for politics that any of us can remember. [Interruption.] I will give way to him.