According to Dominic McGrath the former home secretary Amber Rudd considers that some Brexit supporters will acknowledge that the choice to leave the EU has been a “mistake” after “a drink or two.”
Ms. Rudd, who resigned from her position as an MP in 2019 due to disputes within the Conservative Party over how to handle Brexit, claimed she was unable to continue in politics because “you have to be able to declare Brexit is a success to be a spokeswoman for the Conservative Party.”
Ms. Rudd discussed her political career and her decision to leave Parliament during an interview with Sir Craig Oliver, the former director of communications for Downing Street. The discussion was part of the podcast Desperately Seeking Wisdom.
She stated on the programme that some previous Brexit supporters now consider the vote to have been a “disaster.”
She predicted that after having a few drinks, “they will realise it’s been a disaster” in a “calm time.”
“But naturally, it wasn’t the Brexit I desired. They still believe they have the right to advocate for and vote in favour of Brexit. However, this Brexit is not what I intended.
When she abruptly left Boris Johnson’s cabinet in 2019, the former senior Conservative, who served as labour and pensions minister, said she felt “abandoned by the party as far as those of us who can see the reality about Brexit is concerned.”
“We can’t stand up and declare Brexit a success, which is one of the reasons I’m not in politics and many of my former colleagues aren’t either. To speak on behalf of the Conservative Party, you must be able to claim that Brexit was a success.
In a TV debate coming up to the vote, the MP, who supported keeping Britain in the EU, made fun of Mr. Johnson by saying: “He’s the life and energy of the party, but he’s not the man you want driving you home at the end of the evening.”
The then-foreign secretary offered her a ride home one day as a result of the comment, which she had meant to use during the discussion, she also disclosed.
When I finally said it, the audience clearly felt that I had gone too far because I could hear them take a sharp breath.
However, I believe it did so for a good cause. Of course, it was a metaphor for Boris not being the right person to guide us into a vote that would result in our leaving the EU.
“I genuinely don’t think it affected Boris; if it had, he might not have appointed me to his government. When he was foreign secretary and I were working together, we wouldn’t have gotten along well.
“However, there was a period when the two of us first met. We had our meeting while I was home secretary and he was foreign secretary. Since we were both protected individuals, there were many cars outside. As soon as we exited, he beckoned to Amber, saying, “Come on, I’ll give you a ride home.” And I replied, “No, I’m sorry, Boris, I haven’t changed my mind. In a row, laughing uncontrollably, were all the security guards; he had plainly told them he was going to say this. Hamming it up, he said, “Come on, hop in my car.” It’s extremely humorous.
When the Windrush scandal broke in 2018, Ms. Rudd, the former home secretary, branded it “an atrocious sin that the UK Government had perpetrated against a huge group of individuals”
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