Jacob Rees-Mogg conjures Thatcher while dismissing calls for a Brexit extension – The New European

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PUBLISHED: 17:10 04 June 2020 | UPDATED: 17:29 04 June 2020

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Jacob Rees-Mogg during a debate in the House of Commons. Photograph: Parliament TV.

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The former European Research Group chair evoked the former Tory prime minister when he flatly denied any hopes of an extension, telling MPs: No, no, no.

Quoting sections of the Thatchers 1990 speech amid calls for greater central control in Europe, he said: Ensuring we leave the transition period successfully in full by the end of this year is one of the governments and, even more importantly, the British peoples highest priorities.

An extension to the transition period would be neither in the UKs nor the European Unions interests.

He went on to say: To quote Margaret Thatcher - will we have an extension? No, no, no.

Rees-Moggs speech came as SNP home affairs spokeswoman Joanna Cherry urged cabinet minister Michael Gove to swallow his pride and seek an extension before the end of the June deadline.

The deadline at the end of this month is a very real deadline because after the end of this month it wont be possible to extend under the terms of the Withdrawal Agreement, and no other plausible route to an extension has been put forward, she said.

Liberal Democrat Brexit spokesman Alistair Carmichael said new trade deals could mean food produced to a lower standard - like chlorinated chicken - may end up on British supermarket shelves.

He said: Now in fact we hear that as a consequence of the so-called dual tariff process it is quite possible we will see such products being imported to this country.

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