Vince Cable addresses the rally (Image: Twitter)
Cabinet minister James Brokenshire wrote to Winchester City Council to demand an explanation of the authority's involvement in the protest addressed by Liberal Democrat leader Sir Vince Cable. The Housing, Communities and Local Government Secretary asked if part of the £17,000 given to the authority to prepare for a no-deal Brexit was used for the event. The city council allowed the rally to be staged at its Guildhall on February 9.
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The building was draped in party-political banners when Sir Vince, along with fellow anti-Brexit campaigners Baroness Kramer and Lord Adonis, addressed 2,000 demonstrators.
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