Jacob Rees-Mogg slams Labour accusing 'socialists of running away from the election'

[Applause] [Music] [Applause] mr. speaker earlier today earlier today I was actually praising the right honourable gentleman the leader of the Opposition and today I'm able to quote him because his words are words of wisdom he said on the 24th of September 2019 exactly one month ago this crisis can only be settled with a general election that election needs to take place as soon as this government's threat of a disastrous No Deal is taken off the table we have matched the condition he said the Prime Minister has got a deal No Deal is off the table and yet for some reason the opposition still doesn't want a general election mr. speaker we know why this is we know why they won't have an election it's because they're afraid of the voters alienation of the voters so feeling disenfranchised are they with their socialist friends that the Socialists are running away from an election mr. speaker isn't it not saddening that Scotland the brave used to be the call that we would get and now it's Scotland the run away Scotland the let's not have an election the SNP who wish to challenge the government actually want us to stay in office I never thought that the broad coalition of the United Kingdom would have the Scottish Nationalist Party supporting a Tory government remaining in office I look forward to that appearing on our election leaflets but it occurs to me mr. speaker that tomorrow is some Crispin's day the anniversary of Agincourt what a good day it might be for us to meet and show our independence of spirit [Applause] for his statements and can I just remind him that people in this house are blocking brexit in the name of the sovereignty of parliament but whose is this sovereignty what sovereignty do we hold that does not come from the British people and shouldn't now the British people be allowed to decide who represents them in this house mr. speaker also often I bowed my honorable friend's constitutional expertise it is quite clear that the sovereignty of this house did not fall upon us like a comet from heaven it comes to us from the British people it is the people's sovereignty delegated to Parliament we need as we are incapable of using it to return it to them and ask them to have another election and decide how their sovereignty should be used this house had 41 days for Maastricht twenty-five for Lisbon I know the Prime Minister expects us to rush through this legislation and fewer than a dozen deeds and he expects us to do that because he has failed he tried to provoke parliament in order to rush this through and get us off the cliff without a deal he has failed in Liberal Democrats will not support this and so we can be sure that this country will not be crushed him to brings it under electric has the choice it's always exciting mr. speaker to discover what the position of the Liberal Democrats is because it changes like a weathervane it's been bland does my right honourable friend agree but if the president of France stands firm and declines us the extension that there is still plenty of time next week to get the withdrawal bill passed by this house and in the other place given the position all of the other side have taken on the unacceptably of No Deal and then the general election itself can then decide who is negotiating the future relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union mr. speaker if there were a will to get the bill through it could of course be done yes my honourable friend my right honourable friend is absolutely right and that it would satisfy the European Union it would get the deal done we would have left and we could do it by the 31st of October and that is what we intend to do regarding Monday's business before the house considers the second reading of the Environment bill members will have an opportunity to debate and approve a motion relating to an early parliamentary general election statement mr. speaker tomorrow we will find out what extension has been granted we opposed the Prime Minister's withdrawal agreement bill but it passed second reading several of my labour colleagues have voted for that bill not because they support the Prime Minister's deal but because they wanted to scrutinize it amend it and debate it [Music] as is the normal process in this house we on this side offered the Prime Minister our support for a proper timetable to enable the withdrawal agreement bill to be properly dealt with [Applause] and wait for it if the extension allows the right honourable lady says the Prime Minister has not made sufficient time in his letter to the leader of the opposition my right honourable friend says we will make available all possible time between now and the 6th of November oui oui mr. speaker we mr. speaker are willing to start work tomorrow if you're willing to recall Parliament we are willing to work 24 hours a day [Applause] you

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Length: 6min 25sec (385 seconds)

Published: Thu Oct 24 2019