The Prime Minister said he would not “defend the deal” struck by the Tories, arguing that it had not lived up to what the country was promised in 2016.
His remarks, at Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) in the Commons, came after he suggested he could reinstate freedom of movement with the EU after the next election.
The Prime Minister’s words will heighten fears among Opposition MPs that he is attempting to delegitimise the Brexit vote. Earlier this month, he claimed that Russia had “clearly” interfered in the 2016 Brexit referendum.
“Hard Brexit” was a phrase coined during the negotiations to describe the then Tory government’s pursuit of a free trade agreement with Brussels.
It involved leaving the EU’s single market and customs union, ending free movement of people and the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice.
In contrast, some Europhiles campaigned for a soft Brexit, which would have kept the UK much closer to the EU and following its rules.
At PMQs on Wednesday, Kemi Badenoch, the Tory leader, attacked the Prime Minister’s remarks on free movement, accusing him of having “opened his mouth without engaging his brain”....<<<Read More>>>...