Anna Soubry caused a stir in the Commons on Monday by rounding on her Conservative colleagues and their blasé attitude towards a hard Brexit, likening potential foreign trade deals to “unicorns that our government will be chasing”.
She laid into party hardliners with “gold-plated pensions” and “inherited wealth” who are pushing through “their version of Brexit” with no regard for the “hundreds of thousands of jobs” that may be lost.
Conservative MP @Anna_Soubry attacked “ideologically driven” colleagues with “gold-plated pensions and inherited wealth” for ignoring the “reality” of Brexit. pic.twitter.com/hZF5DU9wy7
— BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) 16 July 2018
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In a stunning display of awareness, Soubry showed the world that she has indeed noticed that Brexit is happening, and happening badly.
The low rumble of gold-plated chuckles from the back benches marked a moment in which no one changed their mind about anything.
At least when the Brexit car is unwrapped from around the lamppost in a year’s time Soubry can look back and say “I told you so”.
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