'We won!' Geoffrey Boycott delivers 'greatest Brexit mission statement since Churchill'
GEOFFREY BOYCOTT delivered an impassioned tirade on Good Morning Britain over the prospect of the UK leaving the EU without a Brexit deal, prompting huge praise from host Piers Morgan.
Piers Morgan described Geoffrey Boycott’s Brexit rant as “one of the greatest mission statement’s” he had heard “probably since the era of Churchill”. Speaking about the prospect of the UK having to leave the EU without a deal, the former Yorkshire and England cricketer insisted the “spirit and the determination of the British people” would mean the UK would “survive” a no deal exit. Mr Boycott described Britons as “strong people” pointing out the UK “came out on top” after fighting two World Wars.
Speaking on GMB, he said: “‘Great Britain, the United Kingdom, we as a people, if we don’t have a deal with Europe, then we will collapse, it will be terrible’, no it won’t.
“We fought two World Wars, and we came out on top, why? Because of the spirit and the determination of the British people.
“That’s what the British people do. That water around our island has saved us from all kinds of things throughout history because we are a strong people.“There is plenty of others, we haven’t even talked about China, 1.3billion.
“So, let’s hang on, we are not totally dependent on 300million people in Europe.”
Reacting, Piers Morgan, said: “Geoffrey that is one of the greatest mission statement’s I have heard, probably since the era of Churchill.”
It comes as both Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt and former foreign secretary Boris Johnson have set out their Brexit plans for when the UK leaves the EU as they bid to take over as Conservative Party leader and Prime Minister.
