David Cameron attacks ‘appalling’ successor after PM heckled and accosted in street during northern debacle
PM's last-but-one predecessor warns against a no-deal Brexit
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Your support makes all the difference.David Cameron has hit out at Boris Johnson and his Brexit strategy, saying the prime minister was wrong to suspend parliament and warning that a no-deal Brexit would be a “bad outcome”.
It rounded off a dismal day for the prime minister after a trip to Yorkshire descended into chaos when he was confronted by an angry voter over Brexit in Doncaster and heckled over the suspension of parliament during a speech in Rotherham.
The prime minister was setting out plans to hand more powers to the north of England, but was derailed by an audience member, who shouted: “Why are you not in parliament sorting out the mess you’ve created?”
Mr Johnson said he was “cautiously optimistic” of getting a Brexit deal as he prepared for talks on Monday with Jean-Claude Juncker, the European Commission president, and negotiator Michel Barnier.
He claimed there was the “rough shape” of a deal in place.
But he made clear that if he was unable to get a new deal, he would not be deterred by “shenanigans” at Westminster from taking Britain out of the EU by 31 October.
His last-but-one predecessor Mr Cameron claimed Mr Johnson had behaved “appallingly” during the Vote Leave campaign.
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Boris Johnson was interrupted during a high-profile speech by a heckler protesting at his decision to suspend parliament in the run-up to the Brexit deadline.
The prime minister’s speech in Rotherham ground briefly to a halt as the man shouted “get back to parliament”.
The incident came shortly after Mr Johnson was accosted in the street by a woman who told him he had “a cheek” to come to Yorkshire after the suffering that Conservative austerity policies had caused in the area.
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