“Excuse me for interrupting,” Stayt said. “What does a government on strike look like?”
“Look, I’m not talking about a government on strike,” Javid tried to answer but Stayt continued: “What does a government on strike look like?”
“Our focus is getting this arrangement with Jeremy Corbyn, which is let’s focus on the most important thing right now, which is to get Brexit done in the next couple of weeks. At the same time, let’s agree to a general election,” the Chancellor of the Exchequer remarked.
But Stayt was back interrupting him again: “What you’re doing is arm twisting. And the thing you’re holding against the nation, if you like, if they don’t agree with you about what you want to do, what your government wants to do, what the Prime Minister wants to do, you’re going to mothball things!
“That is a clear and obvious threat! That you will stagnate everything so nothing gets done!”
