'You DON'T trust your own Government?' Andrew Neil ROASTS Tory Mutineer over Brexit vote
BBC PRESENTER Andrew Neil grilled Tory Remainer Heidi Allen as she revealed she doesn’t trust the Government will put a final vote on Brexit before Parliament at the end of the negotiations.
BBC Daily Politics Presenter Andrew Neil was shocked to find out why Tory Mutineer Heidi Allen will vote against the Government this evening for an amendment of the Brexit withdrawal statement.
The Tory MP said the Government’s promises drafted in the bill are not enough and they “have all heard that before”.
When Mr Neil asked her “Are you saying you don’t trust a written statement from a minister of the Crown in your own Government?”, the Tory MP replied: “It’s a complicated process.”
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It was only after Mr Neil insisted for an answer that she admitted: “The timing can change. The written statement doesn’t deal with a situation where there might not be a deal at all.
“It only fixes half the problem. If Dominic Grieve says the legislation is not strong enough to protect our country then I believe he’s absolutely right.
“There’s a good nine hours yet to go today and we’re still hoping the Government will improve on that written statement.”
Andrew Neil replied: “I don’t quite understand what more you want. The Government has committed to having a vote on the deal. It’s committed to having a vote on the Treaty. It’s committed to having legislation to implement the deal.
“I think people will not understand why a Conservative doesn’t find that enough.”
Rebel ringleader and former attorney general Dominic Grieve believes he has enough support to defeat the Government this evening unless ministers give in.
Brexiteers have reacted angrily to the threatened revolt, accusing rebels of trying to "derail" the Brexit legislation, which is needed to transpose EU legislation on to the UK statute book when Britain leaves in March 2019.
Mr Grieve, who campaigned for Remain in the referendum, denied his amendment - which would require any final deal with the EU to be approved by a separate act of Parliament before it could be implemented - was designed to prevent Brexit happening.
The Prime Minister could face an uprising from Tory rebels as Mr Grieve tables an amendment which would enshrine a “meaningful vote” into law.
