Four minutes of Ann Widdecombe and Matthew Wright going at each other about Brexit | LBC

Matthew Wright speaks to former Brexit Party MEP, Ann Widdecombe, about whether it's time to apologise for Brexit. Despite the suggestion, Widdecombe stands firm, asserting that she harbours no regrets about Brexit, except for concerns related to its execution.
Tensions rise during the discussion as the ex-Tory MP accuses Wright of being rude and interrupting her, ultimately prompting Widdecombe to end the conversation.
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[@aidenwrenn5342]

It might not be the brexit she voted for but it’s the one I voted against.

[@johnrussell3961]

If they knew what they voted for, and won, why are they complaining about what they got?

[@ravd8082]

@@johnrussell3961 the public voted for this in 2016 and 2019

[@OrlandoDibiskitt]

@@ravd8082 Yeah, based on lies and misinformation spread by people like her.

[@iandavidson1]

Brilliant line ❤️!!!!

[@iandavidson1]

@@ravd8082did they really? They voted for something very different I feel. I was told that every negative thing was a lie, turns out they were all true. As for Widdicome saying the next day leave voters were told the end of Britain would happen if they voted leave is the purest and darkest of lies. Only a truly evil person could try to continue with this fantasy.

[@jay4you853]

Con-artists never apologize, they always blame others and double down on lies. It's never their fault. Ever.

[@Frenchblue8]

Sounds exactly like the current state of what used to be the Republican party in my country

[@evolassunglasses4673]

Brexit was just about moving power from the EU Superstate to Westminster. You still have to VOTE in a positive government

[@bb5979]

LBC are con-artists.

[@sadsalidhalskdjhsald]

Once a Tory, always a Tory

[@tryingmybest9819]

​@@evolassunglasses4673 Don't remember seeing that on the poster.

[@paulizz]

She is wrong on just about everything! not just Brexit

[@ravd8082]

the public voted for brexit in 2016 and 2019

[@OrlandoDibiskitt]

@@ravd8082 Yeah, based on lies and misinformation spread by people like her.

[@ravd8082]

@@OrlandoDibiskitt but twice come on, a lot of people wanted this they were given a second vote to change their mind

[@danw5760]

​@@OrlandoDibiskitt yh everyone that disagrees with you has been tricked, genuinely wish I had your arrogance haha

[@evolassunglasses4673]

Brexit is just moving power from the EU Superstate to Westminster. You still have to VOTE in a positive government

[@craig3533]

People like her will deny it was their fault until they die - accepting responsibility for their failures or admitting to their lies is anathema to them.

[@ravd8082]

the general public voted for brexit twice in 2016 and 2019

[@alex_n8863]

There'll always be someone or something else to blame!

[@randyvalantino6850]

Lies both sides give me 1 remain voter who says remain told lies

[@achandler6583]

We voted leave we never got it. Because the elite few don't want it. Fact.

[@craig3533]

@@randyvalantino6850 Remain did indeed exaggerate the immediacy of some of the effects, but were generally right on the effects themselves. They were nothing like the same, however - the whole Leave platform was built on outright lies they knew they'd never have to deliver on, and consequences they hoped to hide until people could no longer turn back.

[@Stan_55UK]

Widdecombe is as mad as a box of frogs. The whole thing is a total mess, but of course she, and her counterparts have to try and save face.

[@danw5760]

Bet you supported lockdown and endless wars, the true reason we are here economically, but easier to blame Brexit

[@Stan_55UK]

@@danw5760 Might surprise you that I have some sympathy with your views about Lockdown and wars. Don't bet too much on that one! However, I feel that brexit is a total mess, that it has done a great deal of damage to our economy, and was pushed forward by an untrustworthy government with no sustainable policies. My main reason for voting remain (amongst others) was that I simply did not trust the government of the time to carry this very large task out properly. From what I am seeing, I feel that I was correct and stand by my vote and thoughts. Time will tell...

[@danw5760]

@@Stan_55UK what people that watch lbc fail to understand is that Brexit has become an irrelevance. The economic effects are so minute in comparison with the other large scale decisions made, which they mostly agree with, that even if Brexit does cause harm, it's minimal. Who cares if your toe gets a scratch when your arm has come off

[@glennbateman4483]

​@@danw5760no it's easier for the right wing to blame COVID and the war in Ukraine

[@danw5760]

@@glennbateman4483 give me a percentage, how much is our current situation due to Brexit, and how much the other two, a rough percentage, fire away glenn

[@simon19162]

Why do we give this woman the privilege of publicity?

[@Andrew-ti8hi]

@simon Same reason posh simon is allowed a comment. It's called a democracy.😊

[@davidtracey5471]

@@Andrew-ti8hi😂😂😂🤡

[@martinmcdonald4207]

Because she's funny!

[@stuartmelville5684]

e all need a giggle on a sunday morning this sunday she is it lol

[@simon19162]

In a democracy, you should get to speak. Quite right. But why would you be allowed to speak when you speak nonsense again and again. It’s called common sense.

[@Stephen_Lafferty]

There are no benefits to Brexit.

[@michaelwilliams3232]

There is only one benefit, this old bat and Farage are not in Brussels embarrassing the UK.

[@evolassunglasses4673]

Brexit is just moving power from the EU Superstate to Westminster. You still have to VOTE in a positive government. Corbyn should of accepted the result of the Referendum and set out an alternative direction. He was anti EU all his political life just like his hero Tony Benn. He became leader suddenly flipped flopped and crashed in the Old Labour Leave seats

[@evolassunglasses4673]

Government can set policies, particularly immigration. You just need to vote in a positive government

[@ianbennett6417]

That’s not true. Tobacco is now much cheaper in duty free travelling from EU. Of course I don’t smoke so cannot gain from this single benefit of Brexit. But of course I am a remoaner, and it is down to people like me not believing that these arseholes have tanked our Economy. 🤬

[@jimmyguitar9873]

They had no plan to deliver what they proposed. They should never have put it to a vote in the first place@@evolassunglasses4673

[@user-vc5zt9ci12]

Brexit would've been great if it hadn't been a disaster

[@wendysimpson6395]

😂

[@ravd8082]

straight after 2019 elections, went into covid lockdown in 2020 for around 2 years , followed by ukraine-russia war sent gas prices high , shes right hasn't been implemented yet

[@jimjiminy5836]

Innit

[@johnrussell3961]

Sounds like Suez!

[@bb5979]

As much as i dont like widdecombe its right. brexit was sabotaged to push us back into the EU because those who control our government want it. They dont care what the people want, they do what they want and do anything to make sure it happens.

[@tonyjeevar6565]

If only the Brexiteers had had an eighty seat government majority and an accommodating opposition party. Maybe then Brexit would have gone her way.

[@murphoithegameguy3924]

No deal

[@simonparfitt8]

@@murphoithegameguy3924that’s what got.

[@ukmarsadelaide]

question for you tell me how we solve the Northern Ireland situation

[@TonyCarter-tx7wn]

​@@ukmarsadelaide let northern Ireland be one again.

[@evolassunglasses4673]

Brexit was just about moving power from the EU Superstate to Westminster. You still have to VOTE in a positive government.

[@tx5190]

Although I was driving the wrong way down the motorway, the accident wasn't my fault as the other cars hit me.

[@johnrussell3961]

It was the satnavs fault.

[@alfsmith4936]

Well said. They let too many small boat people in and this proves they hate are way of life. Let's take back control of are roads! British Potholes for the English! Vote ReformukPartyLimited 🇬🇧

[@Simon-zb6fp]

Matthew doesn't help himself by interrupting. Ann didn't have 4 minutes uninterrupted because you interrupted frequently during those four minutes

[@brianbarcroft9167]

The EU never stopped the UK banning the export of live animals. That was entirely down to the UK. Always has been.

[@johnrussell3961]

How long does it take to move calf’s from Devon to Aberdeenshire?

[@chrisyboy219]

​@@johnrussell3961on Concorde? Minutes. You know that scenario is not an export and wouldn't be covered by that legislation anyway, please don't argue in bad faith. If you're concerned about the welfare of animals crammed on a lorry for hours going from England to Scotland that's fine, but say that. In Europe or not there's nothing stopping the UK banning that, or the suppliers that do it stopping.

[@genghisthegreat2034]

You're correct, and banning live imports to the UK from the EU was also possible, if live exports had been banned.

[@jeremysmith8035]

That's what they all say, like all religions it's never done right, meanwhile I'll still be in Madrid enjoying 2x uk salary and pension

[@johnrussell3961]

@@chrisyboy219 . Why is animal welfare just a cross border issue?

[@phil2544]

thank goodness she's no longer in front line politics

[@michaelbright9162]

Why is she anywhere near a public platform? He opinions are irrelevant.

[@alfsmith4936]

​@@michaelbright9162I think it's because she's a career politician, who hasn't got any friends around her, so she is afraid to retire.

[@Tas17.4]

Silly old 🦇

[@jeffsimon9594]

@@michaelbright9162 If that were the case no TV channel would have her on

[@kathchandler4919]

Could've banned live exports whilst we were in the EU, daft auld bat & we ALWAYS had our own sovreignty 😮

[@spikemonster95]

Aren't we still waiting for the Government to reduce Vat on energy prices? Which apparently, we were going to be able to do after BREXIT.

[@kathchandler4919]

@@spikemonster95 don't hold your breath 😉

[@spikemonster95]

@@kathchandler4919 don't worry, I won't.

[@kathchandler4919]

@@spikemonster95 me neither, now, if I could stop their breath, well, different scenario 😉

[@thegrandmuftiofwakanda]

Here you have demonstrated that you do not understand what the European Union is.

[@raypurchase1239]

It has been a disaster. None of these politicians will take accountability for it and blame others. Its made us poorer.

[@ravd8082]

everything is down to brexit making us poorer, please explain

[@jamespaul6315]

@@ravd8082in what way has life improved since brexit? We lost tonnes of workers. And quality control and protections under eu law.

[@SlowhandGreg]

​@@ravd8082if you put up trade barriers you increase red tape and paperwork that cost is passed on to the consumer. We also have less choice again that raises prices we trade less so less GDP that raises taxes

[@DJB01]

@@ravd8082 trade barriers with our closest neighbours mean that the food on our plates cost more, and that’s without any checks being put in place. Those checks come into force in the next few months and we’ll see yet more price rises, and some items just won’t make their way to this country due to the increased costs.

[@ClannCholmain]

@@ravd8082reduced trade with the European Union and the rest of the world. And hence sustained devaluation of the pound.

[@Ihaveguitars]

Why on Earth does anybody think this woman has anything sensible to say on any subject matter?

[@michael-vl1mn]

She believes water can be turned into wine.

[@raylexa]

If you tell people lies and hide them amongst mountains of misinformation to deflect the truth it's harder to get caught out her job is exactly that misinformation

[@adrianbetts2499]

No one will ever admit that Brexit was a disaster for the UK... It's just too embarrassing to think that such an advanced country could make such a fundamental mistake...

[@gerardmackay8909]

‘The biggest act of economic self harm any modern nation has inflicted on itself’ (Hillary Clinton)

[@vincentvangogh8092]

i said it was going to be a disaster to my manager who was touring logistics telling everyone to support brexxit everyone of them were working class tories that year the worse kind of tory that exist who vote to harm everyone none more than themselves

[@user-im8us6sg5d]

"Compassion for the Conned. Contempt for the Conmen." (James O'Brien)

[@evolassunglasses4673]

Brexit is just moving power from the EU Superstate to Westminster. You still have to VOTE in a positive government. All of the West is in decline because of decades of open borders Globalisation.

[@johnrussell3961]

Brexit would have worked if the Germans had done it! The problem was the wrong country did it!. 😂

[@alana8863]

You insist that something is done. Then, if it goes well, you claim you were right all along. If it goes wrong, you insist it wasn't done in the right way. Win! Win for everyone - except those not called Widdecombe, Trump, Putin, Johnson, and Farage. What a bunch of...

[@danw5760]

Wrong

[@alana8863]

@@danw5760 Yes, it has gone wrong. Very wrong.

[@Stan_55UK]

@@alana8863 Worse to come later this month I fear...

[@edmurth]

Danw still getting belief and facts mixed up I see.

[@godehardbrysch7905]

Dear alana- Highly interesting and it is scientifically proved. A system is changed due to the abolition of negative, disturbing facts. The next step, is what you point out: "It goes well." In science, mostly in natural science, it is called an "Optimum phase". In this phase I remember Farage saying on Sky News: 80% of the Brits now support Brexit. But step by step negative effects are seen, which could not have been predicted. And tendencies which have happened before are differentiated. Farage has stopped mentioning that 80% are supporting Brexit now. He even stated that Brexit has failed though this was a tactical approach to help the Reform Party which would do better. Andrew Wright is a kind person and friendly to her, I would have questioned the promises to the NHS and the tackling of immigration. - best wishes to you -

[@shaneheff5244]

All Ann has in reply is rudeness and obfuscation.

[@Andrew-ti8hi]

@shane So you thought you would do the same😊

[@shaneheff5244]

@@Andrew-ti8hi How so??

[@kevinb9830]

I'm amazed you could think that given she wasn't allowed to respond for more than a few seconds.

[@shaneheff5244]

@kevinb9830 She's clueless. You could give her 3 hours and she couldn't come up with solutions to Brexit except to say its the wrong type of Brexit. He only interrupted when she was talking garbage.

[@kevinb9830]

@@shaneheff5244 You can't possibly come op wirth solutions in a 4 min segment, constantly interrupted. Do be serious. It's not up to her to come up with solutions anyway, it's up to the government.

[@lesliedellow1533]

“It wasn’t a proper Brexit.” I suppose that is going to be the Brexiteers excuse from now until the end of time. I am going to grow tired of hearing it.

[@23merlino]

i already am...

[@DavidBennell]

So we have gone from Brexit == Brexit to Brexit != Brexit

[@viquiben4919]

That and continuing blaming pesky EU for all UK woes.

[@prendersmack1643]

That line was ever so shockingly predictable, even before the 2016 referendum. Even more shockingly predictable around that time is that the same sheep complaining about it are now all flocking to the then unknown Reform UK party 😂

[@barrywebster1128]

They had this line prepared well before the referendum, for when the masses who voted for this con questioned why they weren't seeing any economic benefits

[@sandygrowler7384]

Why is she even given airtime?

[@ChrisMinusHumour]

Pity for a ranting and out of touch old lady?

[@sandygrowler7384]

@@ChrisMinusHumour I have zero pity for out dated talking points that got the U.K. into this mess.

[@Andrew-ti8hi]

@sandy dunno! Why are you allowed to vote. Questions that need answering!.😊

[@sandygrowler7384]

@@Andrew-ti8hi so I shouldn’t be allow to vote because some old lady is lying to the British public about the atrocity that was Brexit? Okaaay

[@royboy565]

The more brexiteers that are given air time the better. Every time they try to defend brexit it just weakens their arguments. They can't come up with benefits, can't defend the vote and start to lose their temper because they now realise it was a vote to make us poorer. Right brexit, wrong brexit, proper brexit, it doesn't matter. The fact is only deluded people still defend brexit.

[@Bushes1701]

But he interrupted her throughout the interview, she was right. This guy is a joke

[@ukwerna]

you are unable to separate truth from lies, and wasted time from time worth living, and you are probably also not aware that the misuery in your life was created by you. You are welcome.

[@mclovin6039]

Utterly disgraceful from Ann 🤡😂

[@carlkamuti]

You're acting as if you expected more.

[@bigpants6121]

Widdecombe also tells us that the moon is made of cheese.

[@petersvillage7447]

No no - she's been quite clear that if you can't afford cheese you should just go without.

[@johnrussell3961]

She knows, she has eaten a large part of it.

[@robbieredball]

Grate British cheese though, none of that french muck init!

[@billpugh58]

CHEESE! Said Liz Truss perking up here stolid unimpressive mind!

[@Notalloldpeople]

That is a disgrace

[@dilwynllwyd4688]

I’m still lost to why so many people would listen to an obvious bigot regarding membership of the EU.

[@bb5979]

I dont know why anypne would consider we rejoin when all it has brought is corruption and the centralisation of power

[@TheJesselopez1981]

They're obnoxious bigots themselves.

[@Andrew-ti8hi]

@di So we know which side your bigotry lies. Cheers for being honest about that!😊

[@BandOfHarjaps]

Too many people, for a range of reasons, didn't vote but the Brexitiers were fully motivated and turned out in force.

[@aaronpetersen8994]

​@@Andrew-ti8hiBless your Heart 😂

[@andrewjones-productions]

I find it hilarious when these people who led the charge of the Brexit brigade talk about doing things 'properly'. Aside from the blatant lies and ludicrous claims they made to convince people to vote in favour of Brexit, the worst thing that they did was not do their jobs properly in working with the EU to reform it and make it into something far better and resilient. The truth of the matter is that most of these Brexit leaders are nothing more than English nationalists and have equally little interest in reforming the governance of the union of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom. Everything they claimed about the EU is evident in the UK parliament also and yet, they have no problems with that. They are nothing more than hypocrites.

[@BurnCKC]

Exactly this. A lot of these people were MEPs and rather than use their positions to make life better between the UK and the EU, they used them as a soapbox for their own agendas.

[@nickdoughty518]

@BurnCKC and in the case of Farage took the salary and pension but didn't do any work.

[@virtious8]

Finally an interviewer who treats Ann Widdecombe with the respect she deserves ie none!

[@themidnightwoodsman1804]

Ah, the old 'it was never done properly' chestnut. Lame.

[@bob_the_bomb4508]

And yet they never provide a coherent explanation of how it should have been done… Like this bollix about unilaterally fixing the visa issue…

[@Stan_55UK]

Stand by to hear a great deal more of that!

[@CHUTNEX]

@@Stan_55UK They have nothing else, the streets paved with gold and Christmas every day that was promised is still elusive.

[@Stan_55UK]

@@CHUTNEX True. The disadvantages appear to outweigh the advantages of Brexit. It was fortuitous that the Pandemic, and of course "the war" became places in which to hide the effects of Brexit.

[@kevinb9830]

4mins of Wright interrupting Ann, obviously.

[@whatwentwrong4599]

When Ann has an opinion the opposite is most certainly true.

[@prendersmack1643]

That'll be the "Law of Widdecombe"

[@PrimitiveFuturologist_YTC]

Of course she’s not sorry for what she, and others of her ilk did to the country.

[@lucasmoreno5330]

all she said was “they’ve made it difficult for us” She’s a Total disgrace.

[@Metonymy1979]

Ann is a absolute nut

[@user-im8us6sg5d]

They cheered from the rafters",Boris has got Brexit done!" Now it's"Not what we voted for..." Hilarious😂

[@Andrew-ti8hi]

@user Well it isn't. So what are you moaning about?😊

[@renebosselaar2198]

If it was the Muppet show it would be hilarious. However this is real life, which makes it truly disgusting behavior

[@hilaryjohnson2386]

They are clowns.

[@kendiamond8722]

Hard brexit was a mone cow for the establishment dealer's and freeloaders to make billions on the misery of the plebs 😂

[@bdizzle9586]

@@Andrew-ti8hiWhat were you cheering for then? You didn’t give a monkeys, certainly not about the country. You just screamed it’s done😂

[@boris7417]

Recently heard a report that 3.8 million people are now living in a state of destitution in Uk and Victorian era deceases like scurvy and rickets are back n the street here because of malnutrition. Is that not a disaster!

[@markh8916]

Recently there has been an increase in the number of children in the UK having Rickets....not saying it's Brexit, but somethings a foot...excuse the pun!

[@Andrew-ti8hi]

@boris Heard but not read. Up to your usual standard of research sadly.😊

[@paulturner8254]

No, it's will of the people...

[@brianferguson7840]

The "Widicome" Principal ! If you want to know what is the correct standpoint on any given subject, just find out what Anne Widicombe thinks or says, and the opposite will be the right one.

[@rufus1346]

I told all my leaver friends that once Brexit failed, which I told them was inevitable, that it wasn’t done properly would be the go to excuse. In fact these same people have used that line over and over without a hint of self awareness.

[@bb5979]

It wasnt done properly because not even the politicians who pretended they wanted it wanted it. And you love politicians clearly because you are doing exactly what they want.

[@markh8916]

@@bb5979 That's crazy, "It wasnt done properly" is too subjective! Go on I am going to fall for it, how would you have done it?

[@alfsmith4936]

I laughed in leave voter's faces and they accused me of "crying salty tears". I'm still laughing and they're blaming everyone but the obvious.

[@royboy565]

​@@alfsmith4936Just tell them "You won get over it!"

[@alfsmith4936]

@@royboy565 I do. 😂

[@1066keefurban]

When you let air out of a gas bag, the stench lingers.

[@oddbodd350]

Ann never got her turn to speak because Wright just talks over people

[@dw-yl3ln]

If doing the wrong kind of Brexit was possible, you shouldn’t have voted for it 🤷‍♀️

[@bb5979]

How about our politicians grow a spine and do their job rather than pretending joining the completely corrupt EU is the only way out.

[@johnrussell3961]

There isn’t a right kind of Brexit! Just different forms of a bad Brexit.

[@amadfook3r]

why vote at all?

[@eckie4679]

Can someone state maybe 5 or 6 out of the thousands of EU regulations that are problematic for the UK specifically? Ann doesn’t seem to know 🙄

[@geoffpegler4506]

I wonder how long we'll be waiting?

[@alfsmith4936]

I want my bendy bananas! 😂

[@pedrapioan4201]

@@alfsmith4936 I know I am probably being very selfish. But I want my Pet Passports back! My freedom to retire to the EU without having to jump through all the hoops to now get a retirement visa ! I want my freedom to visit, come and go as I please , stay as long as I like with no restrictions, with all my friends and family all of whom live in Scandinavia and mainland Europe ! All of which was possible before BREXSHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@n.ayieko1645]

Nope! Nope! Let me finish now! Ooh! Looky over there, squirrels!

[@wendysimpson6395]

Allergic to facts. And rabid.

[@jeffsimon9594]

But enough about you

[@alanwatterson2850]

So imposing trade sanctions on itself was a great move for the UK? This woman is divorced from reality or a total liar.

[@23merlino]

...or both...

[@alanwatterson2850]

@@23merlino You're probably right.

[@johnrussell3961]

A vote to leave was never a vote to go back to 1970. No one else would join us on the trip. China had no economy in 1970. They have since taken over from us as the workshop of the world,

[@ChrisBrown-dj1mi]

She’s such a nasty person

[@petrovonoccymro9063]

The Pacific trade deal is quite pathetic. She is delusional and in total denial about how awful we can all see Brexit is. Every leaver seems to have wanted their own bespoke kind of Brexit.

[@frankoneill5675]

Entry into force of the UK's accession to the CPTPP won't be completed till around he middle of this year. David Henig suggested the lack of a Canada deal might affect that.

[@danmayberry1185]

C'mon, that papaya from Fiji will make you forget all about the common market.

[@johnrussell3961]

The EU sells more into the CPTPP than the UK will ever do as a member. As a pacific trade group they import lots from other pacific economies. That means the USA and China. JCB has to take market share from huge American companies. Caterpillar and John Deere.

[@sarfaraz.hosseini]

​@@frankoneill5675CPTPP gives UK access to the markets of Brunai and Malaysia. The rest are carry over deals from the EU (Japan), or a couple of new ones (Australia). CPTPP only pays if the USA rejoins, no signs either Biden or Trump (who killed it in his first term) will rejoin.

[@matty7758]

​@@danmayberry1185and we can export all our cars tp Tuvalu! The future's bright...

[@tx5190]

You won't win an argument with an idiot. - they've got years of experience and therefore know everything.

[@wellermans]

Exactly why I'm not going to argue with your comment.

[@user-sd3ik9rt6d]

I have never seen an interviewer be as rude as this, congratulations, she deserved it.

[@caolruadh1]

But we were told there were no downsides to Brexit and we would have the easiest trade deal in the world. The biggest disappointment is Nigel Farage not keeping his promise that he would leave the UK if Brexit failed.

[@chatham43]

@caol No you weren't. Dont be dumb all your life. There's still time!

[@caolruadh1]

@@chatham43 David Davis is on record saying there are no downsides to Brexit and we will have the easiest trade deal with the E. U. Nigel Farage and Anne Widdicome have both branded Brexit a failure so you don't have to take my word for it. You carry on being deluded though, it's easier than admitting you've been duped.

[@Crouchy232323]

Anne Widdecombe is a national treasure, her position as lead political scientist at Gbnews is the culmination of her life's work

[@V4Now]

...I see what you did there...😏

[@joesoy9185]

🤣🤣🤣

[@terryfinnie2146]

Sarcasm at it's best, 😂😂

[@maartenaalsmeer]

Yes, her winning the Nobel Prize is just a matter of time.

[@pedrapioan4201]

🤔😂🤣😂🤣

[@johng.1703]

no matter how Brexit was done, it would still have been "done wrong" the problem with Brexit is that there is no "done right" version.

[@jackspring7709]

Take a look at Germany which is in recession right now, and being de-industrialised, France which is in flames, Sweden which is facing huge social unrest and Ireland which is trying to bring in the most draconian anti-free speech laws in Europe (which would not have been possible if the Lisbon "treaty" had not replaced the Irish Constitutions) The EU is a mess and none of you can admit it.

[@12presspart]

yes your either in or out its as simple as that weather the incomming labour government negotiates some form of alignment with the eu to make trade easier remains to be seen but its going to be difficult

[@dermboss402]

She did just open by saying "nothing is bad with Brexit , just everything that happened with it since we voted and started implementing it" . That's like saying I could have beaten mike Tyson in a boxing match, provided he got struck by lightning and was killed as soon as the match started

[@francoisschwob4470]

Matthew was brave enough to cut her baseless rant and excuses. Well done !

[@Andrew-ti8hi]

@francois Brave man indeed! He can hold his head up high in affluent North London tonight!😊

[@chatham43]

@eightiesmusic Stick with Duran Duran. You're obvIously out of your depth here!😊

[@user-im8us6sg5d]

The arrogance of Ann.She doesnt like being challenged.When she is,she turns petulant and hangs up.When you're losing the argument,run away.

[@uniquevideosUk]

Matthew looked a complete 🤡

[@oldschool3670]

She should be taken to the vets

[@renebosselaar2198]

Diagnosis: mad cows disease

[@i-am-vonnegut]

I'm guessing she hasn't actually spoken to British industry and the STM business communities recently?

[@Fernweh1965]

This woman is 76 years old and has no business having any kind of opinion or influence on my future.

[@Tom_murray89]

Sounds like brexit isn’t going her way

[@michaelhoulgate5818]

Well done lad she was exposed.

[@ColinUTD]

Media need to stop giving her a platform, she offers absolutely nothing.

[@joex2004uk]

People used to vote for this Worzel Gummidge tribute act, back when she was in the Tory party… can you believe it?

[@MrRailjunkie]

As funny as that is It's an insult to Worzel Gummidge.

[@kevingrant7098]

She is never challenged on Brexit, loving GB news and can’t accept hearing the truth

[@theirishcontrarian4626]

He doesn't let her speak. The fear of those who want supranational fascism is astonishing.

[@cupguin]

Remember all those nuanced statements she and all the brexiteers made? Vote leave and, assuming geopolitics are on our side, and there's a chance we'll figure out a form of brexit that will deliver massive benefits in ten to fifty years! Almost like voting on a poorly defined policy proposal with no hint other countries were going to agree isn't the same thing as voting on a specific deal.

[@johnrussell3961]

They never mentioned caveats back in 2016. If they had mentioned them then , fewer would have voted leave.

[@maneshipocrates2264]

When will it be done properly? You have control now.

[@maxharbig1167]

Strange that they never, ever give any details of what "done properly" means when anyone looking at the results can see that, for many things, Brexit has "properly done in" the UK.

[@TheJesselopez1981]

When people keep telling you, you're interrupting them and, you won't let them speak, they don't want to have a conversation. They want to give an unchecked speech.

[@simonbaker3612]

No chance of a sorry because that would be an admission. I like the part where she can't name one rule that was bad 😂 Sadly people seem to be gravitating towards her party of nutters for the upcoming GE giving credence to people like this.

[@alfsmith4936]

I know right. People in council houses voting for buy to let landlords seems like a great way to "stick it to the man"..

[@thegrandmuftiofwakanda]

It’ll be 8 years this year. Imagine still flooding your jam rag over this. We’ve left. Get over it.

[@user-hn5kh7qt9r]

Nurse someone has let her out again!!

[@Kian2002]

Text book narcissism; the Tories probably screen for psychopaths with the intention of recruiting them?

[@robertovers1863]

what is the point of asking guests on the show if you never listen to anything they say ?

[@Twy87]

Sounds like Widdecombe will be spending what's left of her joyless existence screeching about how TRUE BREXIT has never been attempted.

[@Andrew-ti8hi]

@twy It hasn't old man!😊

[@royboy565]

​@@Andrew-ti8hiPlease tell us all then. The ballot paper I put my "X" on didn't mention different brexits, just leave or remain. We have left. We no longer pay money to the EU for the benefit of the E U so please explain why you think we are still members.

[@12presspart]

yes shes never been married or had kids yes shes has thrown away opportnities for our kids grandkids to eork /study in europe

[@tal-lancer]

The Law of Widdecombe: Whatever Anne Widdecombe says, the opposite is true.

[@Antmadmanda]

Shame Matthew Wright cannot shut up and listen. He interrupts far too much.

[@paulcini5849]

It’s the hardest Brexit you can have!!

[@johnrussell3961]

No…they wanted WTO. They didn’t want a trade deal. Without a trade deal the EU would have to charge their registered WTO Tarrifs on our exports. Just as without a deal Canada has to charge its registered WTO tarrifs on our exports, Which includes 245% Tarrifs on cheese!

[@evolassunglasses4673]

Nonsense.

[@Taliesin-xd7ke]

We've never had it so...(submit text here). NO SWEARING NOW!

[@brunsheimmasterbaitwilfrie2811]

@@Taliesin-xd7ke Oh no, Brexit is here. You just don't recognize it, because it is looking different than you thought.

[@vincehillman7122]

@evolassunglasses4673 A 245% tariff has been placed on UK cheese exporters since the start of 2024, impacting prices. So, it's NOT nonsense Keep up, will you! Very easy to look up

[@ClannCholmain]

She should be apologising for pushing for a poorer U.K. Every form of Brexit predicated the same thing. She knew that.

[@simoncooke2564]

Who conducts an interview whilst pulling faces? What a strange man.

[@keithyify]

Terrible interview should have let her answer the questions instead of constantly interrupting her

[@jamespaul6315]

Shes rich, it wont effect her .

[@daviddack1595]

Who keeps letting Her out of the EMI Nursing home.

[@timothysimpkins6229]

The EU isn't the enemy. The Brixiteers want us to treat the EU organisation the badies in this situation. Shouting our sovereignty back wants our rules and regulations!

[@MsJk29]

Yes, let’s just forget how the former leader of the USSR President Gorbachev described the EU years after the iron curtain fell.

[@MarkCharlesoflondon77]

Brexit a slow puncture in a whoppee cushion

[@BeccaAl]

Why don’t we see Matthew Wrights whole show on KZbin like James O’B’s?

[@jamesthomson4998]

She's a ghoul

[@gavinsmith9564]

First rule of Brexit club is that it is always someone elses fault !

[@davidhilliardmusic]

This is an escaped talking wax museum exhibit being allowed on the radio.

[@normanchristie4524]

Well said sir!

[@GiratinaofFury]

I honestly think the referendum shouldn't have gone ahead until we actually had a "vision" in writing on the table, because it seems that no one in the Leave voting side had a single clue what it was they wanted. They wanted so many things, and yet no one said "Can we actually have a list of these demands, so we can work out whether our membership is stopping us from having these, or whether we ever lost/had the things we want, and how many cannot co-exist?"

[@chrisyboy219]

Agreed, and it shouldn't have gone ahead until the accounts for who and why it was being funded were complete. I think that's an important point for any big decision. Who are the players and who is paying for it? Sadly, following the money rarely provides any comfort.

[@genghisthegreat2034]

You're absolutely right. I live in a country where Amendment to the Constitution requires approval by Referendum. We have a Referendum Commission, who engages Senior Counsel, to write up the case, for and against, and that is delivered, by post, to every registered mailing address. It is also quite common, for our Government to publish the Heads of the Bill they would introduce in the legislature, if the Referendum is passed. And even with those levels of information and preparation, I would still advise against using Referendum as a mechanism for approval of any great national issue on a single question. It's far too ' binary ' , at a point where the issue is still far too unforeseeable. Even a two stage Referendum would have served you better. Referendum No 1 :- In, or Out, provisional. Referendum No 2:- If Out have won, provisionally, here's the Heads of the Withdrawal Agreement. If that's defeated, no exit.

[@tryingmybest9819]

Brexit was just a way of Cameron quelling the headbangers because he was arrogant enough to think he could get away with it after the Scotland vote. It was never meant to happen so didn't need to think it through.

[@12presspart]

we could have got a Norway deal but would have to be rule takers unlike norway we have little to sell the fishing industry is less than 1/2 % norways is something like 15/ 20% of gdp and growing also they still have ton of oil/gas it would have been better not to have the referendum and left things as they were

[@aukebij3193]

Every non-EU country has a visa requirement, why should this not be necessary for the UK?? because English people are special??

[@anthonysteel6877]

Mad as a box of frogs.

[@t1ber1an]

She doesn't get it. Widdicome has an ideal of brexit but the UK is not in control of other countries, there is no requirement that they will dance to your tune, the empire has gone a long time ago.

[@ayoadebowale3291]

Steve Baker has come closest to admitting Brexit was a mistake. He says it should have required a super majority, not 52%.

[@kevinnolan1339]

Don't be fooled by Baker's 'conversion'. That's just him and the rest of his Brexit cabal softening up the ground for a super majority for 'Brentry' referendum

[@johnrussell3961]

10% change their mind soon after every referendum. A super majoity means the winners are still winners, despite losing that 10%.

[@brucekendall7618]

He was rude and did interrupt her. We didn’t get the Brexit we voted for because our corrupt our politicians never wanted it. Where does 4% of the EU budget go ?

[@andychapman8889]

Over 5000 businesses have gone bust over Brexit, so yes the warnings were right.

[@banksiasong]

Bravo Matthew!

[@nigelbenjamin1-sp8xg]

Don't need an apology. Just ask if this version of brexit is worse than staying in the EU.

[@jamespaul6315]

Wait austerity did get worse. What is she on about??L😂

[@DifficultFlannel]

If I was as repulsive as Widdecombe, I'd be angry all the time as well.

[@Cheerupqt]

I just love how much fun Matthew has with this call 😂