The man who spoke for Britain... and gave smug Remoaners a shredding
TORY rebel Nicky Morgan was taken to task by a Brexit voter for her ‘treachery’ during the BBC’s Question Time programme.
The unnamed man criticised ‘elite’ politicians and accused Miss Morgan of betraying the Conservative Party for voting against the Government.
He then turned his fire on Labour frontbencher Rebecca Long-Bailey, accusing her of ‘stabbing’ working-class people in the back.
The Labour position on the single market did not honour the Brexit vote, he said, because it allowed unrestricted migration. He accused Labour of damaging workingclass communities by colluding with ‘treacherous [Tory] rebels’.
The man said: ‘[Miss Long-Bailey] is in a party that should be defending the working- class communities, which this town [Barnsley] is, and [her] party is tending towards the single market now, which is unrestricted migration. That is what this town overall voted Leave to stop, because it damaged the workingclass communities.’
The man said the country should be leaving the European Union and not remaining in the single market.
Labour has refused to clarify its position on Brexit, saying only that it wishes to retain the benefits of the single market and customs union.
‘It said Leave or Remain and it didn’t say when I put my box in Leave, now turn to question two, do you want soft Brexit or do you want a hard Brexit,’ he added.
The programme was filmed in Barnsley, and took place the day after Theresa May suffered her first Brexit vote defeat.
Former education secretary Miss Morgan was one of the 11 Conservative MPs who voted against the Government for a veto on the final deal. The first question of the night was whether ‘some MPs’ were ‘trying to subvert the will of the British people’ on the Brexit vote. Miss Morgan and shadow business secretary Miss Long-Bailey were both put on the spot by audience members.
Miss Morgan said there had to be a proper debate about the ‘ divisive’ subject of Brexit, but she was accused by another audience member of increasing the prospect of a ‘no deal’ Brexit and of weakening the hands of the UK negotiators.
‘That is what this town voted for’