Nicky Morgan: Brexit would always have happened at some point

Nicky Morgan is a British Conservative and was the Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities from 2014 to 2016. 

I don't know why a Conservative government has a Minister for Women and Equalities, either. There are many things I don't know.

She was not given a job when Theresa May became Prime Minister. She campaigned for Remain in the referendum campaign, is trying to find a compromise that Remainers and Leavers can agree on, and made this interesting remark yesterday.

I voted Remain in 2016 and don’t regret it. But I wasn’t on the winning side. I’ve spent the last 31 months listening to why so many people voted for change. And having watched the UK’s exit negotiations over that time, and having served as EU Budget Minister in the Treasury, my view is that we would, at some point, due to our geography, our history and our wider relationships with the world, have reached a position where the UK and the EU were bound to see their futures very differently.


Once I had accepted that, and then the referendum result (which despite repeated accusations I have never supported overturning), I was clear that the UK would be leaving the EU.

Yes, I think she is right. In the end Europe and Britain probably had to split, even though few thought so before the referendum was mooted. We are fortunate that it is happening now and not in twenty years' time, if the EU still exists by then. 

If we do really leave now -and do not get trapped as an EU vassal, which is what may happen.