Morgan: Call me a freedom fighter!
ARCH Remainer Nicky Morgan has described herself as a Brexit ‘freedom fighter’.
Asked how she feels to be viewed as a rebel, she replied: ‘One person’s rebel is another person’s freedom fighter, isn’t it?’ Interviewed by House magazine, Mrs Morgan compared herself to Roundheads such as Oliver Cromwell, who saw off Charles I in the English Civil War in the 1640s.
She said: ‘With Brexit ... I do sometimes feel like I’m in the middle of the 17th century, when you are standing up for the rights of Parliament.
‘Anybody who is a backbench Member of Parliament should be doing that at the moment.
‘Democracy is a precious thing and the rights of parliament are a precious thing. It would be too easy just to cede them and then 10, 20, 30 years down the line, to really regret and think “why didn’t we fight a bit harder”, when the next big crisis comes along.’