Brits voted to leave the European Union because they believed in the strength of the country, Theresa May says
PMrevealed today that voters with a "quiet resolve" thought we would "come through stronger" after we left
BRITS voted to leave the European Union because they believed in the strength of the country, Theresa May has said.
The Prime Minister revealed today that voters with a "quiet resolve" thought we would "come through stronger" after we left.
In Mrs May said that she felt that people voted for Brexit because they wanted to "feel that we were a sovereign, independent nation" again.
She said: "they felt that that might bring some problems, but that we would get over them."
And the 60-year-old confirmed that Brexit was irreversible - there will be no turning back.
She admitted: "whichever side of the debate people were on before 23 June, the decision’s been made, so let’s get on with it. This is what I meant by the phrase ‘Brexit means Brexit’."
And Mrs May insisted that her visit to America to see President Trump was a resounding success, despite news of his 'Muslim travel ban' coming out the next day.
The PM said the UK had a "different approach" to dealing with refugees that America did, and Britain had no trouble in saying when they thought Mt Trump was wrong - despite the fact that the PM dodged giving a response to the ban on her trip to Turkey.
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"The invitation has been given and accepted," she explained.
"The relationship we have with the US is very important. And it’s partly because of the nature of the relationship that we can say to them if we don’t agree with something, we can say that openly to them."
that it WAS possible to control immigration and to find a partnership with the EU - in response to critics who have said she was putting the economy on the backburner.
Mrs May said: "It is possible to achieve an outcome which is both a good result for the economy and is a good result for people who want us to control immigration."
She insists that she had a strong negotiating hand, and is confident in securing a good deal for Britain.
And she warned the EU that they needed to think seriously about reform - or risk the break down of the bloc altogether.
"The members do need, perhaps, to look at the Brexit vote and think about whether they need to reform the way they approach things," she said.
"This is about people saying that there are issues for them that they want their politicians to respond to.
"It’s so important for mainstream politicians to recognise that and to respond."
She also reached out to Labour voters who were disappointed by the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn - and could relate to her social justice agenda.
"I hope there are Labour voters out there who will now look at us afresh and say, ‘Labour hasn’t responded to our concerns, it hasn’t recognised what matters to us, but the Conservatives have seen that and are responding to it," she said.
"I want our greater prosperity not to be confined to particular groups of people or a single part of the country," Mrs May insisted.