'They're happy to inflict pain on OWN citizens' Peter Bone SLAMS EU bid to halt Brexit
TORY MP Peter Bone railed against European Union chiefs saying the bloc would rather damage its own people than let Brexit Britain be a success.
Peter Bone: The EU will inflict pain on their own
Mr Bone said Brussels chiefs would “inflict pain” on Europeans by being tough during Brexit negotiations.
The veteran MP warned Brussels would seek to use Brexit to prevent other member states leaving the Union.
Speaking to Express.co.uk at the Conservative party conference, the MP for Wellingborough said European leaders were transfixed by their own project.
He said: “Because they believe in this project of having this European superstate then they daren’t give us what people would say is a ‘good deal’ because if they do that, other countries in the European Union probably want to leave.
“So they might well inflict pain on their own constituents, the people of the European Union, because they believe in this project rather than in what’s beneficial for the people of, not only this country, but for the European Union as well.”
Peter Bone said European Union chiefs would "inflict pain" on their own citizens with Brexit
It’s frankly that arrogance that we’ve seen every time we make really generous and open-hearted offers
Meanwhile, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt said the Brexit vote has revealed the inner "arrogance" of the EU as Brussels continues to delay the divorce by refusing the UK's "generous" offers.
The Tory frontbencher pilloried the EU Commission for its self-important stance on Brexit.
Speaking to LBC from the Conservative conference in Manchester, Mr Hunt said: "Frankly, the way the EU Commission has behaved since the referendum has been, for me, very disappointing.
"It’s frankly that arrogance that we’ve seen every time we make really generous and open-hearted offers and we get this response that ‘it’s not enough. We need more, we need more.
"I think what’s changed in the Brexit debate is not about soft or hard Brexit now. It’s about whether we want a friendship going forward or a messy divorce.
"Britain’s made its choice. We are very clear: we want a friendship. More than a friendship, a close friendship. It’s up to the EU now to decide if that’s what they want or whether they want that messy divorce."
The Health Secretary campaigned in favour of Remain ahead of the Brexit referendum but said his position had hardened because of the Commission's behaviour during the negotiations with Brexit secretary David Davis.