Sunday shows round-up: Dominic Raab – ‘We need to hold our nerve’

Dominic Raab – ‘We need to hold our nerve’

Andrew Marr was joined by the Brexit Secretary as the deadline for achieving a deal with the European Union draws ever closer. Marr asked Dominic Raab about rumours that the mood in the party is restless enough to trigger a leadership contest against Theresa May, with the influential 1922 Committee of Conservative backbenchers reportedly nearing the critical threshold of 48 signatures. Raab told his colleagues that now was the time ‘to play for the team’:

AM: What is your message to all of your colleagues who look at this and say ‘This is a complete shambles’?

DR: We’re at the end stage of the negotiation. I think it’s understandable there are jitters on all sides of this debate. We need to hold our nerve. The end is in sight in terms of a good deal… with the EU and I think colleagues should wait and see what that looks like… We won’t want to bring something back which we aren’t confident is a very good deal for the United Kingdom.