'No other word - BETRAYAL' Nigel Farage explodes at threat Brexit date could be DELAYED
NIGEL FARAGE has claimed there would only be one word to describe what has happened with Brexit if Britain’s date for leaving the European Union is extended.
Farage: Delaying Brexit would be BETRAYAL
The Brexit Committee has warned that even under the most optimistic scenario, there may not be enough time to complete all necessary work before the UK is scheduled to leave the EU.
The Brexit Committee report also calls for an extension to the exit timetable if a deal has not been finalised.
Nigel Farage claimed extending the time the UK is part of the EU would be an absolute “betrayal”.
He said: “The only crumb of comfort for people that voted to leave, is that we appear to be on track - given Royal Assent was given this week to the EU Withdrawal Bill.
“We appear to be on track to leave at 11pm on March 29 next year.
“Everything else we are pretty unhappy about.
“Whether it is taking back fisheries, whether it's being free to make our own trade deals, whether it is taking back control of our borders.
“The only crumb of comfort was leaving on the 29 March, and frankly, if that gets delayed, that will be betrayal, no other word for it.”
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If it gets delayed, that will be betrayal, no other word for it
He also told Sky News: “This referendum that we had back in 2016 was about whether we become an independent country. That’s what people voted for.
“What the Government needs to do is to come up with a radical new plan and needs to start getting European business on their side.
“Clearly it should be in the interests of the European Union to have a sensible trade deal with us because they sell us more than we sell them.
“They are not behaving that way, I think we have got to try some different tactics, we have got to be a lot more radical, but the British Government needs to get European businesses, car manufactures in Germany, for example, we have got to get them on our side against what Michel Barnier is doing.”
Committee chairman Hilary Benn said: "It is now more than two years since the referendum and the Government has yet to agree on the customs arrangements it wants with our biggest, nearest and most important trading partner.
"We are told that most of the work on the withdrawal agreement is done, but the remaining issues represent some of the toughest questions the Prime Minister must grasp, and negotiations on the future partnership have yet to start in earnest."
The Prime Minister has travelled to Brussels for a European Council meeting.