My right hon. Friend the Leader of the Opposition is absolutely right to call for a general election today, because it is not only the Government’s record on Brexit that is at stake tonight. Let me ask the Prime Minister a direct question: is she really saying that her record on policing and crime is one that she is willing to stand on? We have seen more than 20,000 police officers cut since 2010, we see rising crime and rising knife crime, and we see money being diverted, instead of paying for police, to paying for a no-deal Brexit that nobody in this House wants to see happen.
No Confidence in Her Majesty’s Government
Proceeding contribution from
Stephen Doughty
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 16 January 2019.
It occurred during Debate on No Confidence in Her Majesty’s Government.
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