GB News host Miriam Cates has brutally dismantled a pro-EU campaigner after he based his “entire argument on statistics”.
In a fiery People’s Channel row, the Britain’s Newsroom anchor shut down Rejoin EU Party leader Richard Morley as he claimed that Brexit has caused “enormous economic damage to Britain”.
Criticising the UK’s departure from the European Union, Mr Morley told GB News: “It is reflecting not only the economic reality of Britain at the moment, but the mood of the people as well.
“And that is an important issue, because I think it’s very clear that most people in Britain see the problem of Brexit. It has been a chaos, it has caused enormous economic damage to Britain. £2,000 per annum is the cost to the average British citizen, let alone what it’s cost the state.”
Rebutting Mr Morley’s claims, Miriam hit back: “That calculation is based on OBR projections of the UK’s economic performance at the time. Projections that neither the UK nor any other countries have met in Europe?”
Dismissing Miriam’s assessment, he responded: “That’s possible, but of course we can argue about statistics to the end of the day.”
Interjecting the Remainer, Miriam stated: “Well, you’re basing your entire argument on statistics, so they’d better be correct?”
Mr Morley said: “Well, as you know, the average statistic from a variety of sources say that Britain is losing between £90 and £120billion a year because of Brexit. And that, I’m afraid, is not really a challengeable statistic.”
Miriam Cates locked horns with Richard Morley over Brexit as she shut down his ‘incorrect’ data
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Weighing in on the debate, host Alex Armstrong pressed Mr Morley on the amount Britain was paying the EU to be a member: “Richard, how much were we paying to be an EU member? Wasn’t it a similar amount of money?”
Mr Morley argued: “Yes, but we were receiving benefits from that input. We were receiving all sorts of returns from the EU and we were receiving trouble-free trade.
“You see the problem about Brexit, it has crucified our ability to export, particularly for small businesses who simply cannot handle the bureaucracy involved.”
Miriam interrupted Mr Morley again, stating: “Our exports have not decreased, our trade with the EU has not decreased. That’s just actual data, and our GDP has grown less than projected as in line with all other European countries post the financial crash.”
Taking a swipe at GB News, Mr Morley then hit back: “Well, you may say that as obviously your channel is very pro-Brexit, but I respect your stance. But you do realise that even the majority of the media is now beginning to realise that Brexit is a disaster.
“And many other people in many political parties are realising this, and I have no reason to doubt that it would be a very good policy for Nigel Farage in Reform to consider moderating his stance on Brexit. Nigel Farage should really think about joining the majority here, because the Labour Party is full now of people who wish to move towards closer ties with Europe, if not rejoining.
“So too are other parties, obviously, the Green Party is making a great sway on it as well.”
Responding to his remarks, Alex argued: “Labour has always been made up with the majority of people who support remaining in the European Union. I would say most left-wing parties, including the Liberal Democrats and Greens, have always been on that end of the spectrum.
“It just happens now that Labour is in Government now, when they went in during the last election, during the manifesto, they pledged and the Prime Minister said many, many times that he wouldn’t drag us back into the EU.”
Miriam hit back at Mr Morley’s claims that GB News is ‘clearly pro-Brexit’
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Alex asked: “Do you think that the Government really has a mandate to be dragging us closer to the EU, given that that wasn’t in their manifesto, nor was it pledged to the British people?”
Mr Morley explained: “Well, the Government has a mandate to look after the economy of Great Britain and the fortunes of its citizens, and that is what some people in this Government are paying attention to.
“Obviously, not all the Government is persuaded to this cause yet, but I do believe there is an increasing number of members of this Government and the governing party that do believe that.”
He added: “And I do think that before this Government is through, it will make moves towards rejoining the customs union at least. And you talked earlier about the referendum, that was now very nearly ten years ago.
“Times do change, facts become clearer, and there is no reason on earth why we should be tied to a referendum that was taken basically in a different era.”