'Don't give Brexit wicket away!' Rees-Mogg uses HILARIOUS cricket analogy for Theresa May
BREXITEER Jacob Rees-Mogg brilliantly summed up Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit negotiating stance in a hilarious reference to Britain's cricket icons.
Rees-Mogg: May is not giving too much away about Brexit
The Tory MP said the Prime Minister is playing a “straight bat” in negotiations with the European Union and is not giving too much away in order to avoid losing “many wickets” to Brussels.
Speaking to LBC host Nick Ferrari, the cricket fan said: “As regard to Brexit negotiations, I think Mrs May is the Geoffrey Boycott of negotiations. She is playing a straight bat.
“She is not giving a great deal away. I probably know as much about her approach as anybody else does.
“But I think this steady and stable approach is the right one to be taking and is in the national interest and we will know in October whether I am right or not.”
Brexit news: Jacob Rees-Mogg said Theresa May is playing a "straight bat"
I think we are probably at the stage where we don’t want to lose too many wickets
Carrying on the cricket reference, Mr Ferrari said there was the suggestion from a caller that Britain instead needs a figure like English cricket icon Ian Botham to “come in and tonk the ball”.
The LBC host said: “I know you are a keen fan of cricket and you follow Somerset and tonk the ball about perhaps. Take the attack to bowlers, to the EU.”
In response, Mr Rees-Mogg said: “The risk with that is that you lose a wicket. I think we are probably at the stage where we don’t want to lose too many wickets.”
Brexiteer Nigel Farage warned on Sunday that another general election could be imminent and Theresa May is already preparing for it, following the Government's Brexit defeats in the House of Lords.
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The former UKIP leader said of Mrs May: “She’s in trouble. She’s in very big trouble.
“She could, at some point in the next week or month, lose a vote in the House of Commons over us leaving the customs union.
“If that happens, one of her major red lines will have been crossed.”
Mr Farage referenced an article posted to Facebook by Mrs May in which she asked for Brits’ support as she vowed to take back control of our borders, money and laws and protect British fishermen.
The staunch Brexiteer said: “Why would she need your support? Because I think she faces the prospect of another general election.”
The House of Lords sparked fury this week after handing the Government its 14th defeat on the EU Withdrawal Bill.
Peers voted for an amendment that would keep Britain in the customs union after Brexit, committing the country to EU rules and freedom of movement even after leaving.