{"id":350370,"date":"2018-03-01T18:56:15","date_gmt":"2018-03-01T17:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-former-british-pm-john-major-mounts-explosive-attack-on-brexit\/"},"modified":"2018-03-01T18:56:15","modified_gmt":"2018-03-01T17:56:15","slug":"prison-planet-com-former-british-pm-john-major-mounts-explosive-attack-on-brexit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-former-british-pm-john-major-mounts-explosive-attack-on-brexit\/","title":{"rendered":"Prison Planet.com \u00bb Former British PM John Major Mounts Explosive Attack on Brexit"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sputnik<\/strong><\/a>
March 1, 2018<\/p>\n

The former Conservative prime minister called on the UK Government to put the country\u2019s interests above the \u201cwill of the people\u201d and weaken its stance in the Brexit negotiations with the European Union.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Speaking before\u00a0representatives of\u00a0creative industries in\u00a0London this Wednesday, former Prime Minister John Major unloaded on\u00a0the supporters of\u00a0Brexit, urging Theresa May to\u00a0offer a free vote to\u00a0Conservative MPs on\u00a0the final deal with\u00a0the EU.<\/p>\n

Major proclaimed that he is \u201cneither a Europhile nor a Eurosceptic,\u201d pointing to\u00a0numerous clashes that his Conservative Government (1990-1997) had with\u00a0Brussels.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs Prime Minister, I said \u201cNo\u201d to\u00a0federal integration, \u201cNo\u201d to\u00a0the Euro Currency, and \u201cNo\u201d to\u00a0Schengen\u00a0\u2014 which introduced free movement of\u00a0people within\u00a0the European Union but\u00a0without proper control of\u00a0external borders,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

At the same time, the former Conservative leader argued that he is \u201ca realist,\u201d who is committed to\u00a0ensuring the prosperity and stability of\u00a0the UK, while claiming that Brexit, particularly the exit from\u00a0the European single market, will \u201cinflict economic self-harm on\u00a0the British people\u201d.Speaking about\u00a0the fact that Brexit was a result of\u00a0the nation-wide referendum, where the British electorate expressed its preference for\u00a0leaving the EU, Major said that it is up\u00a0to the politicians to\u00a0ensure the \u201cwell-being of\u00a0the people\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cOf course, the \u2018will of\u00a0the people\u2019 can\u2019t be ignored, but\u00a0Parliament has a duty also to\u00a0consider the \u201cwellbeing of\u00a0the people,\u201d he proclaimed.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo-one voted for\u00a0higher prices and poorer public services, but\u00a0that is what they may get.\u201d<\/p>\n