Sajid Javid – Our priority ‘must be law and order’
The Tory leadership race is becoming a crowded field, with thirteen candidates now setting out their stalls as they aim for the premiership. Andrew Marr spoke to two of the hopefuls, including Home Secretary Sajid Javid. Perhaps unsurprisingly, Javid wished to talk about boosting resources for the police if he attains the country’s highest political office:
On #Marr, Home Secretary and Conservative Party leadership contender says that if he had got his way in cabinet there would be more police officers on the streets now https://t.co/OakG0Gu6Ro pic.twitter.com/4d1GnNbcKI
— BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) June 2, 2019
AM: If you’d had your own way, we’d have more police on the beat now?
SJ: Yes… A priority must be crime and law and order… If I was leader and Prime Minister, I would want to see more police on the streets, and I think it’s justified.
‘You have to prepare for no deal’
The Home Secretary also spelled out that while he was in favour of a Brexit deal with the EU, he would be taking the possibility of a no deal exit very seriously:
#Marr asks Sajid Javid where he stands on a no-deal Brexit
The home secretary says he "passionately" wants a deal but adds: "You have to prepare for no deal"https://t.co/sEkOmPj9Uw pic.twitter.com/LRHMX1hTcT
— BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) June 2, 2019
SJ: You have to prepare for no deal… I passionately want a deal [but] …there is a real possibility that a no deal could happen, and it’s absolutely responsible to prepare for that… I want to use the time we’ve got to prepare even more.
A ‘modern digitised border’ is necessary for the union
Javid was adamant that a digitised border between the UK and the Republic of Ireland was perfectly possible and indeed necessary in order to secure a deal and break the current deadlock over the controversial backstop:
On #Marr,
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