Daily Record

MAY SETS OUT BREXIT VISION

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how the car industry would be hit or how a hard border in Northern Ireland could be avoided.

He warned: “If we cheat the electorate – and Chequers is a cheat – we will escalate the sense of mistrust. We will give credence to those who cry betrayal, and I am afraid we will make it more likely the ultimate beneficiar­y of the Chequers deal will be the far right in the form of Ukip.”

Swearing half-hearted loyalty to May while attacking her policy, he called for the “dignified exit the country voted for”.

He then repeated his favourite line: “This is the moment to do it. Chuck Chequers.”

Though it worked in the hall, the Tory high command shrugged off the speech.

Former Conservati­ve minister Guto Bebb said: “More than two years since the referendum, Boris Johnson still has no answers to the difficult questions posed by Brexit.”

May last night said she was “cross” with Johnson.

She added that while he could always be relied upon to put on a “good show”, parts of his speech angered her.

She said: “He wanted to tear up our guarantee to the people of Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland is part of the UK.” MAY will today defend her Brexit vision, telling the conference Britain’s future outside the EU is “full of promise”. In a speech called Our Future Is In Our Hands, the Prime Minister will tell delegates that Britain’s “best days lie ahead of us”, as countries around the world stand ready to trade with the UK.

She will be hoping to avoid a repeat of last year’s disastrous speech where a cold caused her to cough uncontroll­ably, while letters spelling out a Tory slogan fell off the wall. She was also handed a fake P45 by a prankster.

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