Widdecombe: Remain cities made a MISTAKE not voting for Brexit
The former Tory MP said voters in the countryside knew the reality of being governed by “an unelected body”, the EU’s fisheries policy and Common Agricultural Policy.
Speaking as a panelist on Radio 4 show Any Questions? in Cornwall, she said those that had voted Remain in Truro had “made a mistake”.
She said: “Cornwall did not take a mistake when it voted Brexit and I think it is very significant that indeed Truro was the only part.
I think it’s very significant that it was a city that voted to Remain
“I think it’s very significant that it was a city that voted to Remain. When the overwhelming majority, in fact all the rural areas voted to go.
“Why? Because the difficulties of being in the rural areas. They know the reality of the Common Agricultural Policy, they know the reality of the fisheries policy, they know the reality of being governed by an unelected body.”
Telling host Jonathan Dimbleby to stop asking her to keep quiet, she added: “They know those realities, they therefore did not make a mistake.”
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Ms Widdecombe, a columnist for the Daily Express, has also said Theresa May should have waited before calling a General Election.
Ms Widdecombe, who retired from politics at the 2010 general election, expressed concerns that Remainers may attempt to turn the June 8 election into a second Brexit referendum.