Waching daily Jan 30 2018

let's mull over all of that with the Conservative MP Chris Philp and Labour's

Pat McFadden I mean let's just start on this economic report Chris Philp

should be published yes? look the government won't want to reveal its own

confidential advice in the middle of a negotiation if you had a commercial

negotiation with a counterparty the last thing you would do is put into the

public domain the information the private information you're relying on

but let's not forget these analyses are preliminary work on the off-the-shelf

options that are available but we hope to get of course is a bespoke deal

reflecting our close relationship with Europe which we hope and expect will

continue and if we are able to get a bespoke agreement out which of course

wasn't part of the analyses that were leaked we hope I hope the result

economically will be far better than those analyses suggest what's the

problem with publishing it I mean we are about to take probably the biggest

policy decision any government has taken since the Second World War why not put

all the facts in front of voters so they can get some sort of idea of what the

likely consequences are going to be well I just explained why you don't show your

cards in the middle of a negotiation before the referendum which of course is

when the public were asked to give their opinion all kinds of analyses were put

out including by the Treasury which at the time produce analyses that were in

fact far more pessimistic than these and those analyses published in I think it

was May 2016 predicted economic Armageddon immediately following the

vote but of course that hasn't happened we've added half a million extra jobs

since that vote to leave Pat McFadden if this was published it could jeopardize

our hand in the negotiations I think this is complete nonsense and it's

they've been the stock excuse all along about information the government hasn't

been straight with Parliament or the public about this David Davis appeared

before the brexit Committee on which I serve some months ago saying that they

had impact assessments in excruciating detail then he said they never had them

at all he didn't exist that were called something else whatever it was now we

find that they have them and they show that the UK will be worse off than

staying in under every scenario so you can see so you can see why they're

reluctant to publish let me just deal with this thing about undermining a

negotiating position because there's an accusation that somehow

those who asked for information are undermining the country's position not

being patriotic I'll tell you what's not patriotic pursuing a policy that you

know will meet your country poorer for ideological reasons that's what's not

patriotic and that's what these documents show is happening well I don't

think an exit arrangement a bespoke deal a close free trade agreement access

to the single market at some level and the ability to strike new free trade

deals with America and China and Brazil will leave us worse off I think we can

strike a good deal I think we will strike a good deal and these preliminary

analysis released today don't cover the scenario I'm describing Let me just move

on if I may to the comments from Len McCluskey this morning how do you read

those comments that he is willing to countenance the idea of a second

referendum given we know Jeremy Corbyn only at the weekend ruled out that

option well as perhaps are developing to be a bonus I'm not in favor of just

repeating the question that we had two years ago because people had a vote on

that but we have our new situation developing

we have new facts such as a document today showing that will be worse off

under every scenario so the question is do the public have the right to of the

final say over the terms of leaving that will be struck as these talks progress I

don't even it's moving in that direction let me ask a hugely significant figure

he is a significant figure in labor I think it's too early to say that at the

moment but I think it would be a mistake to close the door on the public's right

to have a final say over the terms of leaving okay folks thanks very much