Sunday Shows Round-Up: ‘Where The Hell Do We Go From Here?’ Edition

Raab – who is considered a contender to become the next Tory leader – also called for more optimism over Brexit. 

“I don’t want us to leave on WTO terms, I’d rather we got a deal. But I don’t think we can let the EU hold us hostage and just stubbornly resist all reasonable changes,” the Conservative backbencher said, adding that disruption from a no-deal Brexit would last “three to six months”. 

But fellow Tory Nicky Morgan – one of those MPs set to table an amendment to extend Article 50 if a deal has not been reached by the end of February – said it was “very clear” there was no majority in parliament for a no-deal Brexit. 

“Ultimately what people really want is stability and certainty – to know where they’re going to go and what’s going to happen on the 29th of March,” she said in an interview with Ridge. 

Meanwhile in the Labour Party ranks, MPs were equally divided over Brexit. 

First up was Tottenham MP David Lammy – a strong supporter of a so-called people’s vote on Brexit – who said Jeremy Corbyn was putting Labour at risk of a near-fatal split by failing to back a second referendum. 

Accusing the Labour leader of “hedging” over a second EU vote, Lammy told Ridge: “Now is the time for leadership. There are a small group in our party who are so frustrated, who have so much grievance, the fear is they are going to go off and form another party.

“I personally reject that,” he continued. “But the danger is, just like 1983, a new party built around a relationship with Europe keeps the Labour Party out of power for a generation.”