Brexit: Amber Rudd just admitted Boris Johnson’s deal will damage UK economy but she supports it anyway | indy100 | indy100

Speaking on Sky News this morning, the former home secretary Amber Rudd said of Boris Johnson's Brexit deal:

Our government's own assessments are that this will hurt the economy I think by 4-6 per cent a year so it's serious stuff, but I still think it's the right thing to do because we had the referendum in 2016.

'Our government's own assessments are that this will hurt the economy by 4-6% a year... but I still think it's the… https://t.co/xN8x1soUQh
— Trevor Phillips on Sunday (@Trevor Phillips on Sunday) 1571560221

She goes on to say there are steps the government can take to "try and mitigate that".

Still, it's a bizarre notion for a politician to say they want to back something which their own assessments show to be damaging to the economy.

This was not lost on viewers, who pointed out the blindingly obvious.

@RidgeOnSunday If Amber knows it will damage the economy, something the leave campaign failed to mention during 201… https://t.co/HwPGYThJ9H
— Jeppy (@Jeppy) 1571560457

@RidgeOnSunday On that type of logic if public voted to abolish income tax the Government should do it!!! Madness.… https://t.co/2dTiM9Duex
— James🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 independence for Scotland (@James🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 independence for Scotland) 1571560497

@RidgeOnSunday @SkyNews If I stab myself in the head with a fork it will hurt but it’s the right thing to do because my kids asked me to
— el dnb (@el dnb) 1571561218

@RidgeOnSunday @SkyNews We weren't told that we would be worse off when people voted for brexit, a #peoplesvote wil… https://t.co/9mZUSihqq4
— Jon (@Jon) 1571560908

@RidgeOnSunday @BethRigby But @AmberRuddHR, were the people who voted for Brexit told by those who advocated for Br… https://t.co/vKIZIRWxIB
— N F (@N F) 1571561247

@RidgeOnSunday @SamCoatesSky So let's screw the country so we keep our seats 😩 I thought the Tory party were suppos… https://t.co/gvxXkfTvkO
— Life's a Beach 🇪🇺 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿💙#FBPA (@Life's a Beach 🇪🇺 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿💙#FBPA) 1571561448

@RidgeOnSunday So we now have a governing party that actually wants to harm the country and it's people economicall… https://t.co/XNIegaRxEc
— Phil "back on the hamster wheel" Fandango (@Phil "back on the hamster wheel" Fandango) 1571562436

@RidgeOnSunday So let’s shoot ourselves in the foot as the Dr has told us there’s 4–6% we’ll survive but bcos we vo… https://t.co/N7Q9UhzlSD
— IamwhoIam 🇬🇧🇪🇺 🇸🇱 (@IamwhoIam 🇬🇧🇪🇺 🇸🇱) 1571562805

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