Labour remain councillor recalls '˜first campaign' to leave the EU

Boston Borough Council coin Paul Gleeson told The Standard tonight that the original referendum was his first major campaign for the party.

Mr Gleeson, a Labour Party member since his 15th birthday said the campaign back then was a quieter affair with mostly politicians interested.

He said today: “People are more interested. The main thing is more interest.

“People have experienced it now.”

He said that he was only just on the remain side however, adding: “If you had asked me this time last year I would most certainly have been on the leave side of it.”