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15th Nov 2018

WATCH: Brexit supporter breaks down in tears on live radio for voting to Leave

Paul Moore

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“What have I done to my country? I’m so sorry.”

In terms of resignations from Theresa May’s Cabinet, Work and Pensions Secretary, Esther McVey, has followed Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab and Northern Ireland minister Shailesh Vara in handing in their resignation. The Vice Chairman of the Conservative party, Rehman Chishti, has also resigned.

On this note, it’s not surprising to see that Jacob Rees-Mogg has also called no confidence in Theresa May’s leadership hours after threatening the prime minister with a coup in the House of Commons.

The chairman of the influential European Research Group will become one of a number of backbench MPs to submit a no confidence letter to the 1922 committee.

A total of 15% Conservative Party’s members of parliament need to write a no confidence letter to the chairman of the party’s 1922 committee to trigger a Tory leadership contest. Should a confidence vote be called, all serving MPs for the Conservative Party will be able to cast a vote either for or against May.

With regards to British politicians, that’s the immediate fallout but the public’s reaction will be extremely interesting to gauge, especially since the demand for a People’s Vote continues to gather momentum.

On this note, James O’Brien’s show on LBC aired a telling moment when a Leave voter broke down and cried on air after stating that he was wrong to back Brexit.

The man named Bill has been a previous caller to O’Brien’s show but this conversation had a very different message.

As you can see below, after stating that he voted to leave the EU, Bill begs for forgiveness and sobbingly asks: “What have I done to my country? I’m so sorry.”

At this point O’Brien interjected and said: “There’s 17.4 million people. You can’t take all the blame on your own shoulders. Look at the effort. These people (Leave financiers) are billionaires. They own The Ritz, they own the Daily Telegraph. They wouldn’t have spent all that money and put all that effort into trying to act against your own interests if they didn’t think it was plausible. I’m not going to let you blame yourself, Bill. No.”

O’Brien continued: “Blame them, Bill, blame them. Do not blame yourself. Don’t be sorry, be angry. And if you’re not angry yet, I’ll be angry on your behalf. That right there is why I’ve been doing for the last two and a half years.”

Here’s the footage in full.

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