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Tory Brexiteers will never be forgiven for making Britain poorer and weaker, warns former PM Major in scathing attack

“I have no constituency vote clouding my view of Brexit. I have no ambition driving my support for it. I have no party whips demanding loyalty before conscience"

Ben Gelblum by Ben Gelblum
2018-10-17 19:06
in News, Politics
File photo of Boris Johnson making his Vote Leave speech in Preston, Lancs., along with Michael Gove and Priti Patel as they bring their Brexit roadshow to the Lancashire city. 1 June 2016. The bus used in the Vote Leave campaign has now been bought by Greenpeace.
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Former Conservative Prime Minister John Major launched a blistering attack on some of his fellow Tories in a speech at the Foreign Office yesterday.

History would not forgive Boris Johnson and his fellow Brexiteers for their false promises that had led to the country making a “colossal misjudgement.”

Sir John Major insisted he was not courting votes like those that had sold Brexit to the country,  and had made no fantasy promises so had nothing to lose by telling the truth.

As Theresa May fought a last-ditch attempt to agree a way of leaving the EU which does not threaten a border for Northern Ireland, trade with the other member states or being bound by EU rules that Britain had no input into, and struggled to find a way forward with the other 27 member states, let alone her own divided party, the Tory grandee’s lecture was savage.

Brexit would leave Britain with less influence on the world stage, poorer, weaker and less secure. And it would be disastrous for the remaining EU member states too, Major explained.

He added that those who had made empty promises to the country about the benefits of Brexit, would have “much to answer for”.

“We know the post-Brexit world will be very different from now,” said John Major.

“It cannot be otherwise, because no form of Brexit will remotely match up to the promises made by the Leave campaign in the referendum: they were vote-gathering fantasies, not serious politics.

“It will damage our national and personal wealth, and may seriously hamper our future security. It may even, over time, break up our United Kingdom. It will most definitely limit the prospects of our young.

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“And – once this becomes clear – I believe those who promised what will never be delivered will have much to answer for. They persuaded and deceived the population to vote to be weaker and poorer.

“That will never be forgotten – nor forgiven.”

Sir John Major added that Tories such as David Davis and Boris Johnson had purposefully undermined Theresa May’s attempts to negotiate with the other EU countries with “belligerent noises off” as the “princelings” were plotting to succeed her as PM.

And warned that those who put their political career over country were “rarely the most suitable to be entrusted with power”.

The former Prime Minister warned of the divisiveness and extremism that was gaining hold in the UK: “our nation should not tolerate the unreasoning antipathy of the extremes – to the EU, to foreigners or to minority groups.

“Such antipathy is repellent, and diminishes us as a nation.”

He warned that Britain’s usefulness to the US would wane when we were no longer their ally in the EU: “until now, every US president I have known has considered relevance to America to be enhanced by our membership of the European Union.

“Yet very soon – on our current course – we will no longer be able to argue from within the EU for Anglo-American beliefs in free trade, open markets and strong defence. Our friends, the Americans, are hard-headed about power. It is romantic folly to think otherwise.

“Be in no doubt – if the UK can no longer serve America’s interests in Europe, she will look elsewhere for someone who can.

“Our value – as an ally of America – will decline. No “ifs”, no “buts”: we will be less relevant. No one should be bedazzled by folksy talk of our “special relationship”: it is becoming less “special” year by year.”

And the former PM lectured his Conservative colleagues about turning their back on British history: “for centuries, our state schemed and plotted to prevent all Europe uniting against us. Now, we have chosen to turn our back on all Europe. A long line of former statesmen will be turning in their graves.”

Major explained: “much of the world will now perceive Britain to be a middle-sized, middle-ranking nation that is no longer super-charged by its alliances. Suddenly, the world will be a little chillier… No form of Brexit will remotely match up to the promises made by the leave campaign in the referendum: they were vote-gathering fantasies, not serious politics.”

And in an emotional plea, Major proclaimed: “I have no constituency vote clouding my view of Brexit. I have no ambition driving my support for it. I have no party whips demanding loyalty before conscience.

“I have made no false promises about Brexit that I must pretend can still be honoured, even though – in my heart – I know they cannot. I am free to say absolutely and precisely what I believe about Brexit. And it is this:

“I understand the motives of those who voted to leave the European Union: it can – as I well know – be very frustrating. Nonetheless, after weighing its frustrations and opportunities, there is no doubt in my own mind that our decision is a colossal misjudgment that will diminish both the UK and the EU.”

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