'We know where Javid's heart lies' - New Home Secretary is Hard Brexit BOOST, say Tories
HOME Secretary newbie Sajid Javid is the perfect boost for Theresa May’s Brexit war cabinet, Conservative insiders have insisted.
A look at the life of new Home Secretary Sajid Javid
Despite the 48-year-old backing Remain in the historic 2016 EU referendum, Mr Javid has since turned back to his Eurosceptic credentials.
His peers said the lifelong Europhobe could be the perfect antidote in helping block a government “fudge” on Britain leaving the bloc after he took Phillip Hammond to task over the need to release billions of cash in preparation for independence.
A source told the Daily Mail: “It will help having Sajid in these meetings in the long term – it’s basically another member of the Brexit war cabinet for us.
Mr Javid has turned back to his Eurosceptic credentials
“He was bullied into backing Remain, but anyone who knows him knows where his heart lies.”
A Whitehall source added Mr Javid’s beliefs had become “much more Brexity” in recent months.
Mr Javid has warned that staying in the EU’s customs union would be a betrayal of the referendum result.
Days before he scooped Amber Rudd’s role after she quit following the Windrush scandal, he raged: “If you want to take the main message that resonated with those that voted Leave it has to be ‘take back control’.
Sajid Javid had a modest start in life, but has certainly made a success of himself
“You won’t be taking back control if you leave the EU and stay in the customs union.”
Mr Javid made his mark as Home Secretary by taking a swipe at his Labour opposite Diane Abbott on his first day in the cushty job.
When asked in the House of Commons whether he was “aware” of the shame the Windrush scandal has cast over Britain in a particularly heated row he fumed: “Like her, I am also a second generation migrant and I know she shares that anger and she should respect that other people do, she doesn’t have a monopoly on that.”
His remarks prompted applause and cheers.
Rudd: I think Sajid Javid will be an excellent Home Secretary
Negotiations on the Irish border issue will continue Wednesday when David David will unveil a new plan that sources say will combine options one and two - a free-trade and customs deal with the bloc to bypass the need for goods checks and tariffs at the Irish border and the use of a trusted trader scheme.