Facts
Speaking on Sky News’s Sophie Ridge on Sunday programme, Energy Secretary Grant Shapps told Ridge that he voted for Brexit.
Left 2023, "I actually happened to vote for Brexit."
Right 2016, "I will vote for Remain." pic.twitter.com/0XUAFClLUW
— Farrukh (@implausibleblog) June 11, 2023
In 2016 before the country voted, Shapps told Sky News: “In the end I have come to the conclusion that because of concerns about the uncertainty of leaving, what it would mean for business, I will vote for Remain.”
Writing for the Brexit Central website six months after the referendum, Shapps confirmed that he had voted Remain: “At the back of my mind as I voted to Remain on 23rd June, was the thought that divorce can be one of the most stressful things in life.”
Shapps repeated this statement in 2018 when he tweeted about how he had voted for Remain two years previously.
I'm a #Brexit moderate who voted #Remain, but since we're going to #Leave we must make it work for us. I can't therefore see that either parliament or I would vote for Britain to be locked into a permanent open-ended customs union arrangement! https://t.co/8vY3g4SOH0
— Rt Hon Grant Shapps (@grantshapps) October 12, 2018
Verdict
Grant Shapps is a fantasist.
We emailed Grant Shapps’ parliamentary office offering him the chance to respond. The email was received, but no reply.
Additional Note
Since making the above remark Grant Shapps has been promoted to Defence Secretary