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Alistair Darling claimed the country has “got to live with” Brexit after the majority of Brits voted to leave the Brussels bloc. Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, the former Labour

Party Chancellor was asked whether it was time for the UK to vote again on leaving the EU. He said: “No. Look, I have been through two referendums recently, the one on Scotland, and to a

lesser extent the one on Brexit. “I am quite clear, you ask people what they think and they give you a verdict, you have got to live with it. “I was clearly on the Remain side and I think we

have made a profound mistake. The issue for me is what do we salvage? What do we get out of it? “The problem we have got just now is there is a temptation to farm business of Government and

decision making and political parties out to referendums and I just don’t think that is right.” He added: “We are going to have to reach some sort of deal with the European Union. It will

involve compromise because every single trade negotiation involves that. Nobody gets everything that they want. “We have to do the best we possibly can to safeguard jobs, businesses and so

on in this country. “That means both political parties need to come up with something that is credible. Mrs May is clearly struggling because of the internal warfare within the Tory party at

the moment. “In terms of my own party at the moment, I am very disappointed that it appears to me that there is almost an indifference around us to what actually happens. I would like to

see a clear statement.” The former Labour Chancellor added that he thought the UK would end up with a similar deal to the Norway-style model at the end of Brexit negotiations. He said: “It

is a more likely solution than anything else. But time is running out. “My guess is there will be a last minute fix because that is always what happens with the EU and then we will park

things and live to negotiate for the next couple of years. “All the time we are doing all these people are not taking investment decisions, the economy will suffer.” Labour Remain

supporters, such as Chuka Umunna, have teamed up with a minority of Conservative Remain supporters in calling for a People’s Vote. Prime Minister Theresa May has repeatedly ruled out the UK

having another vote on leaving the EU. Labour frontbenchers shadow Brexit secretary Keir Starmer and shadow Chancellor John McDonnell have both said that a second referendum “remains on the

table” depending on the kind of deal the Government returns to Parliament at the end of exit negotiations.