Ann Widdecombe can't give this caller a benefit for leaving the EU

The Brexit Party's Ann Widdecombe couldn't give this caller a specific reason why his life would be better after leaving the EU and ended up talking about fishing nets.

Ian asked Ann Widdecombe which one thing would she change after Brexit that we can't currently change being in the EU that would be beneficial to his life.

Ms Widdecombe said that we will be free and "a lot of people imagine that the instant we leave, somehow all the bureaucracy that we've suffered over the years is going to disappear." Instead, she said, it'll be a very gradual business of appeal and introducing new things.

"There isn't going to be a magic wand on January 31st, but what we will be able to do from then on is to set up trade deals we can't at the moment," she said, and gave the example of fisherman's nets.

"Fishing makes up such a tiny, tiny proportion of the GDP of this country, it's pathetic that the Brexit Party continually bang on about fishing rights," said the caller Ian, "what about the finance, what about the banking industry, what about the technology industry that is going to be gutted and destroyed by Brexit?

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[thomaschapman]

She hasn’t got a single thing she can mention and she knows it but refuses to admit it - complete disgrace !

[stevehunter]

Fishermen can now presumably catch a few more fish with their smaller nets but can't export them. Well done Ann Widdecombe. The purpose of the smaller nets btw was to prevent overfishing, the UK were instrumental in changing this rule when we were in a position to influence the EU.

[KillkingTime]

Would it be possible to shame yourself anymore than this?
Shame on you Ann Widdecombe.

[DavoInMelbourne]

“All the bureaucracy we’ve suffered over the years” - like worker’s rights

[louis-philippearnhem]

This footage should be shown in every school of the UK.

[jenna_richards]

Why is this woman still given a platform?

[alexanderm]

He asked how they could benefit *him* as a guy with a family. She had no answer for that, because clearly her vague answers were based on nothing

[marksykes]

I’m so so happy the fishermen & all the rest have got exactly what they voted for, they must be overjoyed 😂

[cjphillips]

She from that "Empire" generation that thought the UK could dictate all their trade agreements

[attackpatterndelta]

All the regulation from the EU was debated in Parliament. Anything we didn’t like wasn’t passed into law. That was one of the benefits of having the veto.

The total amount of EU legislation that was rejected by Parliament was less than 5%. In 40 years.

[indibhart]

No respect for this woman! Living in a very sad little mind set!

[niallbuchanan]

There are no benefits and this just proves it.

[brendanwhelan]

I’m Irish ☘️ and still think sad to see so many great British peoples fooled by Farage and Boris really is

[benhicks]

She's just become Farage in a dress parroting the same tired platitudes

[RevolutionaryMotivation]

If you look up the word "condescending" you see a picture of this old witch. Honestly I cant imagine being in a room with this woman and trying to have a conversation without trying to do harm to her.

[maanze]

But how will the UK be an independent country if it is subject to WTO rules?

[mickeysmouse]

So, 2 years later I’ve come across this but you don’t need to be Captain Hindsight or Major Catastrophe to see that what we have now is certainly no improvement whatsoever.

[clowncarqingdao]

Ann Widdecombe doesn't have a clue and could find a clue in a field if clues in clue mating season while wearing eu d'clue pheromones.

[spudmurphy]

Just say it Ann... No foreigners, thats what Brexit was always about! Anyone who says anything else is kidding themselves

[ostraadt]

And now she's saying that Brexit hasn't been done properly and it's everybody else's fault of course! June 2023.