Piers Morgan described Geoffrey Boycott’s Brexit rant as “one of the greatest mission statement’s” he had heard “probably since the era of Churchill”. Speaking about the prospect of the UK having to leave the EU without a deal, the former Yorkshire and England cricketer insisted the “spirit and the determination of the British people” would mean the UK would “survive” a no deal exit. Mr Boycott described Britons as “strong people” pointing out the UK “came out on top” after fighting two World Wars.
Speaking on GMB, he said: “‘Great Britain, the United Kingdom, we as a people, if we don’t have a deal with Europe, then we will collapse, it will be terrible’, no it won’t.
“We fought two World Wars, and we came out on top, why? Because of the spirit and the determination of the British people.
“That’s what the British people do. That water around our island has saved us from all kinds of things throughout history because we are a strong people.
“We will survive, we have got India queuing up to do deals, we have got America, our best friend, queuing up to do a deal.
Geoffrey Boycott delivered a passionate speech on GMB over a no deal Brexit (Image: GMB)
We fought two World Wars, and we came out on top, why? Because of the spirit and the determination of the British people
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