Ann Widdecombe says issues with Brexit are down to not doing it properly

Ann Widdecombe has argued that the negative fallout from Brexit has nothing to do with the split itself – but that it hasn’t been handled correctly.

Appearing on TalkTV to discuss recent “Brexit betrayals”, the former MEP took the ‘Peter Pan’ defence by arguing that politicians haven’t believed in Brexit enough to make it succeed.

“It isn’t that Brexit hasn’t been a triumph, it is how we have handled Brexit that hasn’t been a triumph”, Widdecombe said.

Lord Heseltine also made an appearance on the show, stylishly schooling Reform UK leader Richard Tice on the split using extracts from newspapers that backed Brexit in 2016.

Watch the brilliant exchange below:

Jack Peat

Jack is a business and economics journalist and the founder of The London Economic (TLE). He has contributed articles to VICE, Huffington Post and Independent and is a published author. Jack read History at the University of Wales, Bangor and has a Masters in Journalism from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.