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Greg Evans
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Here we are, folks. Nine days to go and we have absolutely no idea what Brexit will look like. It's so funny you could cry.
Still, at least there appears to be something happening in order to get us out of the mess be it a short delay or the UK government coming up with a new plan.
Now we are in a crunch period everyone is now consulting MPs on what is going to happen next, this includes accosting them on the tube.
At least that's what Tory MP and Brexiteer Owen Paterson told Channel 4'sJon Snow on Tuesday night and according to him, most people he has spoken to are annoyed about the delays.
Snow asked Paterson the very simple question of what he will do if the UK doesn't leave the EU, which led to this answer:
It we don't leave, this whole saga carries on. People would be dismayed, people come up to me on the tube, on the trains saying, 'Just get on with it.'
I talk to businesses they are prepared, and they say there will be a wall of investment money once there is certainty...
While we can't be sure if Paterson is telling the truth here, there are two big problems with his statement. First, people, let alone strangers, do not talk to each other on the tube.
It's hard enough talking to a loved one on the infernal transport system, let alone a Tory MP. Needless to say, a lot of jokes of this nature soon started to appear.
@Channel4News "Strangers talk to me on the tube". Have brexiters ever actually visited Britain?— James Felton (@James Felton) 1553012434
I lived in London for 7 years. No one ever talks to anyone they don't know on the Tube. If you do you get strange l… https://t.co/qyFaPAeQxr— My name is Scott and I'm a Tweetaholic (@My name is Scott and I'm a Tweetaholic) 1553071540
No British person has ever spoken to someone else on the Tube https://t.co/lVe7i4cWnn— Paul Dallison (@Paul Dallison) 1553014673
No one is talking to anyone on the tube @_DHOTYA https://t.co/Rv5ARXIr1W— Louise Haigh (@Louise Haigh) 1553013300
As it has been determined that no one has ever spoke a word to someone else on the tube, others speculated whether anyone would actually know who Owen Paterson is.
After all he's hardly the most prominent MP in Westminster.
Two ways you can tell this is a lie: 1) People don't talk to strangers on the tube 2) Nobody on the tube would rec… https://t.co/YxoAZezYtV— Jonn Elledge (@Jonn Elledge) 1553011896
"Do you know who I am?" "No." "I'm Owen Paterson." "Who?" "I'm an MP." "Oh." "Can I talk to you about Brexit?" "Do… https://t.co/czgXU5XktI— Paul Sharp (@Paul Sharp) 1553028233
@Channel4News I find that incredibly hard to believe. Nobody speaks on the Tube, nobody recognises Owen Paterson, n… https://t.co/mXhA8jvCxo— Iain (@Iain) 1553012016
I’m having some trouble with this account. Members of the public a) recognise Mr Paterson b) approach him randomly… https://t.co/A374ilobcA— JOHN NICOLSON M.P. (@JOHN NICOLSON M.P.) 1553014428
Which is less believable: that people on the tube talk to each other or that they recognise Owen Paterson? https://t.co/8fA8baxSlW— Hamish Mackay (@Hamish Mackay) 1553022644
There is a possibility that they were talking to Paterson but that they were asking him something else entirely.
@Channel4News I think that was me. He was blocking the door.— Jon Harvey (@Jon Harvey) 1553014688
Did this even happen?
@Channel4News MP Owen Paterson trying to get into the Guinness book of records for how many lies he can tell in one… https://t.co/nmW47Teq7U— Natalie Rowe (@Natalie Rowe) 1553040053
@Channel4News https://t.co/wOa94DQv91— Sarah (@Sarah) 1553011383
@Channel4News That didn’t actually happen.— FMc 🇪🇺🇳🇴 (@FMc 🇪🇺🇳🇴) 1553013190
@Channel4News everyone cheered, the driver stopped the train and clapped— Chris Boyd 🇬🇧🇵🇠(@Chris Boyd 🇬🇧🇵ðŸ‡) 1553017656
Indy100 has contacted Mr Paterson for comment.
HT The Poke
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