Transcript: George Osborne vs Andrew Neil on Brexit

 

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James Forsyth and Isabel Hardman discuss George Osborne’s performance

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Abridged transcript of George Osborne’s interview with Andrew Neil. AN: Now you claim the European Union could cause armed conflict if we leave, could put a bomb under our economy if we leave – the Prime Minister’s words: hurt pensioners, collapse house prices. Why are you risking all that with a referendum? GO: Well, I don’t think it is ever a risk in a democracy to ask the people. And all my lifetime this issue of Britain’s membership of the European Union has hung over our economy and our security and I think it’s right that the people decide.  I think Britain can be one of the great success stories of the 21^st century, we’ve got the talent, the drive, the connections around the world but if we vote to leave then we lose control.  We lose control of our economy and if you lose control of your economy then you lose control of everything and that’s not a price worth paying.