![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() SR: One person who perhaps doesn’t quite share your optimism is one of your candidates, Rachel Johnson. As I say, I believe there is a real thirst out in the country to get back to that centrist, moderate, progressive form of politics, accepting that British politics is broken, that the majority of those political parties, all of them are part of that breaking and none of them are actually offering up the solutions that we need to mend the divisions in our country, to sort out Brexit and tackle all the big burning issues that are out there. SR: If you don’t do as well as you hope in the European elections, indeed if you don’t win any seats, is that it for Change UK?ĪNNA SOUBRY: Absolutely not as far as I’m concerned. So the polling, the biggest and most important poll of course yet happens on Thursday and there is all to play for, I really do believe that. I was told in 2017 five days before the general election I was going to double my majority – it went all the way down to 900. I was told in 2015 five days before the general election that I was going to lose my seat – my majority went up from 400 to 4200. SR: But why isn’t it cutting through? When you look at the polls, and I know you say you were only set up a few weeks ago but the Brexit party are on 33% and they’re a new party as well.ĪNNA SOUBRY: Well no, I’m so sorry, the Brexit Party is just another extension of the Nigel Farage ego party that has been in one way or another, one guise or another, for the last twenty odd years. Millions of people believe nobody represents them, they want that sensible, centrist, moderate but progressive politics, accepting that all the political parties are responsible for the breaking of politics and I believe, I genuinely believe we offer the change the people of this country are desperate to receive. We are up against these big Goliaths and I think my big takeaway from all this, when I go to the rallies and am actually just out and about, I genuinely believe there is a real thirst in our country. I think we are actually doing remarkably well. SR: Change UK, polling around 3%, your lead candidate in Scotland has defected to the Lib Dems, what’s going on?ĪNNA SOUBRY: Well look, we were formed five weeks ago, if that actually. Thank you for being here with us in the studio this morning. The party’s Brexit spokesperson is Anna Soubry, she joins us now. SOPHY RIDGE: Well it was supposed to be the dawn of a new era in politics but instead Change UK is struggling to break through. ANY QUOTES USED MUST BE ATTRIBUTED TO SKY NEWS, SOPHY RIDGE ON SUNDAY ![]()
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