Julian Smith says David Cameron was ‘cavalier’ in handling of Brexit

Former Northern Ireland secretary Julian Smith has accused former-headed minister David Cameron of treating the 2016 Brexit referendum as “some types of Eaton Games”.

Smith was the government’s main whip from 2016 to 2019 under Theresa May’s premiere, which was full of tension on how the UK should leave the European Union.

Tory MP Lord Cameron was a highly critic, who decided to organize the referendum after the pressure of euroseptics, stating that he was “extremely Cavalier”.

He said, “A proposal should have been made, stating how both answers would be addressed.”

He said, “I joined the Conservative Party due to David Cameron, because he was dynamic … but looking back, it was incompetent that this fundamental question was placed for British people when you have a full range of issues, not at least the boundary between Northern Ireland and Ireland,” he told the BBC. Red Lines Podcast,

“It was kept for the British people as it was some kind of Eaton game.”

Lord Cameron is one of many former British politicians, who were privately educated at Eaton College, Berkshire.

Most of the majority resigned as Prime Minister after the most majority voted to leave the European Union.

Speaking in 2016, After leaving officeHe defended his decision to call the referendum.

“I agree and still believe that the fact that we did not have a referendum on this issue for 40 years, despite the fact that the European Union was changing … actually starting to poison British politics – it was definitely poisoning politics in my own party.

“And I think, more widely, people liked, we have been promised and not distributed” and people started feeling very disappointed about the issue. ,

When Lord Cameron left the post as Prime Minister at the Conservative Party, the Brexit was left to handle the process.

Smith was part of the government under Theresa May, who struggled to obtain consent on how it should be done.

The former cabinet minister said that issues such as issues such as maintaining an open border between northern Ireland, which is part of the UK and therefore will leave the European Union, and the Republic of Ireland, which is built in the European Union, should have been eternal during the campaign.

“Instead Britain was led by the years of considering the answer to that question.

“As time passed, turned into purists from both sides, it was a very devastating period.”

after Theresa May resigns as Prime Minister Due to inability to pass the Brexit law, Boris Johnson appointed and appointed Smith as Northern Ireland Secretary in July 2019.

Smith was a prominent player in obtaining deviations in Stormont, restoring on January next January after a three -year deadlock, but was dismissed from the job a month later due to disagreement with Johnson.

Smith said that he used to “like” the job, but was not surprised to lose him that he was an enthusiastic supporter of Theresa May.

He remained the observer of northern Ireland issues after he went to the backbench of Commons, and called the executive of Stormont to take a “tough decision” on public services.

Asked about a border survey ability, Smith said he did not think the conditions for one were “right”.

“Look at everything that needs to be done.

He said, “Do not let politicians in Northern Ireland get out of the hook to deal with social mobility, deal with healthcare, increase revenue – this constitutional discussion is basically an excuse to deal with these priority issues,” he said.

“I can’t see a border survey with interest from Ireland in any world, acceptance from the UK … I am not looking at the present time so we are focusing better on improving people’s lives.”

You can hear Smith’s interview Red lines on BBC sounds.