Justine Greening launches tirade on Eurosceptics in the Tory Party likening them to Russia
Ms Greening accused Tory Eurosceptics of behaving “a little bit like Russia does at the UN Security Council – vetoing things they don’t like"
EEX-CABINET Minister Justine Greening accused Tory Eurosceptics of behaving like Vladimir Putin in an extraordinary attack.
The pro-EU backbencher said the Cabinet’s rejection of a customs partnership was “out of step” with where the bulk of the Tory Party is.
But she went onto say the Eurosceptic grouping in the party – led by Jacob Rees Mogg – was behaving “a little bit like Russia does at the UN Security Council – vetoing things they don’t like”.
Russia most recently vetoed UN demands for investigations into the chemical attack in Syria. She told Sky News: “We can’t have a group of MPs who behave a little bit like Russia does on the Security Council – vetoing things that they don’t like. We have got to go forward on Brexit as a country together.
“I’m afraid no one is going to quite get their perfect outcome.”
She added: “The sooner they all realise that and then work through the give and take and find a sustainable long-term solution on Brexit – the sooner we’ll be able to get on with the implementation planning around that which is urgent.”
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