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Speaking to TalkRADIO, the prominent Brexiteer argued it was "difficult" not to think Theresa May's Brexit approach was intentionally "appalling". Mr Bridgen claimed the way Mrs May's Governement has been conducting negotiations with Brussels jeopardises Britons' belief in the British political system. He said: “The negotiations have been handled appallingly. “I’m always told in politics it’s always cock-ups and not conspiracy.


“Well, it’s been such a consistent cock-up that it’s difficult not to think that it’s been deliberate. “We’ve sort of been moved from various positions of leaving: we’re definitely leaving, maybe we’re leaving, it looks like we’re staying. “And I just don’t understand how we managed to get here and it can’t really be allowed to continue because this is undermining our democracy, people’s belief in the whole system and the way it works. “I have no doubt there is a lot of people with a lot of money and international businesses who don’t want us to leave the European Union. “But the people have voted.”

Mr Bridgen's comments come as a total of 63 eurosceptics have sent an open letter to the Chancellor, Philip Hammond, to express disapproval of the direction of the Government’s Brexit preparations. The letter comes just days before the Prime Minister is expected to unveil a Brexit transition deal with Brussels. Former Brexit Secretary David Davis, ex-Minister Priti Patel, and Jacob Rees-Mogg are among the signatories of the letter which attack’s the Government’s forecasts on life outside of the EU. Attacking Philip Hammond and the Treasury for leaks, the letter said: “The Cross-Whitehall Brexit Analysis leaked to the news website Buzzfeed early this year and subsequently ‘published’ in the form of 24 PowerPoint slides, forecasts a 7.7 per cent hit to GDP under a World Trade Deal under WTO rules and a 4.8 per cent contraction under Canada Plus.

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