Patrick O’Flynn Patrick O’Flynn

The Tory manifesto shows we don’t need to trust Boris on Brexit

‘But can we really trust the Tories to deliver Brexit?’ This is the question I am most often asked on social media and in person by long-standing Brexiteers who, like me, are not habitual or tribal Conservatives.

And the reply I never give is: ‘Yes, of course we can’. Because let’s be blunt about this: the Conservative party has not earned the trust of Brexiteers over the years.

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