The reasons that people voted leave
are plentiful and I am not going
to pretend that they all agree
exactly with me
but if we no deal, the people
who voted leave in my area,
who I am not scared of
and if they don't like the things
that I say, do you know what?
I believe in parliamentary democracy
and they can get rid of me.
I am not frightened of that prospect.
I wish the prime minister
had not been made to be frightened
of the people who are sat behind her.
She is certainly terrified
of the people in the country.
What the people will face where I live,
in the event of no deal,
what they will face is still
the same levels of poverty,
still the same unstable job market,
they will face much, much worse;
they will be unable to afford food,
which they can precious little afford now
and they will look up and say:
“I thought there was going
to be a golden era”
and then they will be angry.
That is what people in here
should be scared of.
Perhaps, if the prime minister
had ever tried to talk to me
about any of this – or people who live
in seats like where I live –
we could have had a much
better conversation in here.
I don't know her.
To me she looks like
a rabbit in the headlights.
She looks like somebody who isn't
actually willing to say the real facts
and say this is really
bad for the country.
So we hear it in briefings
in bars in Brussels
instead of hearing it
directly from a woman
who should, genuinely,
feel the courage to say:
"Do you know I'm terrified
of all the things that were
outlined by the member
for Castleford and Pontefract."
She should say: “I’m terrified of
the security implications.
I am terrified for the
food price implications,
I'm terrified for the trade
implications and, do you know what?
You might not like it
and I might lose my role
as the prime minister,
but I am going to do what is best.
