'It's an EU FICTION!' Moment ardent REMAINER tears into anti-Brexit scaremongering
A SELF-CONFESSED "ardent Remainer" tore into anti-Brexit politicians who claim Britain must remain part of the single market once it has quit the EU.
Staunch Remainer blasts access to single market as 'fiction'
The Question Time audience member blasted those on the Remain side for making up “fiction” in their argument that Britain must stay a member of the free-trade area in order to have access to it.
After admitting he had now accepted the historic referendum result, the unnamed man took sight at those hoping for a “soft-Brexit”.
Speaking on the BBC show on Thursday night, he said: “I was an ardent Remainer in the campaign and I actually lead one of the [Remain] teams here in Solihull.
The Question Time audience member took a dig at anti-Brexit politicians' fiction
We can still have access and yet still have control our borders
“I’ve realised now that we are out – but the point is I think there is a fiction being created here between membership and access.”
On Monday Angela Merkel threw down the gauntlet to Theresa May as she told her if she wanted access to the single market Britain would need to adopt all four of the EU’s key freedoms.
The German Chancellor said that unless the UK respected the free movement of goods, capital, service and people then access to the free-trade area would be “restricted”.
Joseph Muscat, the Prime Minister of Malta who currently holds the EU's rotating presidency, has also said Britain must have an "inferior" deal to avoid other nations pushing to exit the union.
The unnamed man said Britain could control it's borders and access the free-trade area
However, the Question Time audience member dismissed the argument as he alluded to countries outside the Brussels bloc who still trade with EU members.
“The United States and China have access to the single market yet aren’t wedded to the free movement principles,” he said.
“So we can still have access and yet still have control of our borders.
“I just think this fiction that is being created by the EU is going to cause problems when we get to the negotiating table in March.”
Dale slaps down Farron over single market access claims
Since Britain opted for Leave on June 23 some politicians have argued the electorate didn’t know it was voting to quit the single market.
Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron said it would be “extremely weak” for Mrs May to guide the country out of the single market.
On Monday, the staunch Remainer and europhile demanded a second referendum on any deal the prime minister manages to secure, adding it was the “only logical, plausible and democratic way”.