This Tory’s lie shows exactly why their Brexit deal must be rejected
Tory blabbermouth Rory Stewart was caught in a blatant lie on the radio last week.
He claimed Theresa May’s Brexit deal had the support of 80 per cent of the British people.
This is a nonsense; no research has been carried out and it seems unlikely that any deal would carry such overwhelming support when only half of those who voted in the 2016 EU referendum supported Brexit in any way at all (all right, pedants – slightly more than half).
Hear it for yourself:
What was he thinking? 🤦#FakeNews #BrexitChaos pic.twitter.com/74gUQF9ZBf
— Momentum 🌹 (@PeoplesMomentum) November 15, 2018
As a government minister, the matter is worse than a mistake or a slip of the tongue.
Mr Stewart broke the ministerial code on the use of statistics, and one of the “seven principles of public life” – honesty; it simply requires ministers to be truthful.
This is extraordinary. This is a clear breach of the ministerial code including his responsibility to uphold the Nolan principle of Honesty. Specifically he’s broken the code on the use of statistics. https://t.co/53sx9lTgDE
— Labour Whips (@labourwhips) November 15, 2018
His blunder – on the day Theresa May was pleading with Parliament to trust her with Brexit – was catastrophic as it showed in no uncertain terms that nobody in the Conservative government can be trusted even to get their facts right, let alone strike a deal to leave the EU that will be good for the people of the UK:
How on earth did the people of this country vote in so many incompetent pompous microbes into power? All of them are "drama queens" with no idea of what they're doing. Meanwhile the people are collateral damage as they never get mentioned. https://t.co/zsG7BOiPim
— Carole Hawkins (@hawkins_carole) November 16, 2018
There’s too much of this going on.
Liars whose faces fit are getting to do anything they like when they should be expelled from public office and, in extreme cases, prosecuted and imprisoned.
Meanwhile, those who aren’t members of the Westminster clique are vilified and libelled for presenting genuine facts.
When will this corruption be removed?
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I’d hazard a guess that if there is one thing remain and leave supporters agree on is that this so called deal is junk.
I’d agree with that!
I has been said by commentators before that “one gets the ‘government’ one deserves”! Having observed this demonic one in its various, hideous guises over a number of years now I’d hazard a guess that a period as a so-called ‘vassal state’ – the UK being told what to do – might be a very chastening and therapeutic experience for the UK government and many of its electorate. A bit like a good hard kick up the proverbial rear end on a regular basis as a punishment for behaving like complete d***-****s!
The fact that rudd has been brought back and now pretty Patel says everything