Brits voted for Boris as they were 'horrified' by prospect of Corbyn, Iain Dale states
6 July 2022, 22:04
Iain Dale says country voted for PM because of Corbyn opposition
The country didn't vote for Boris Johnson because they thought he was a great candidate – they did it to prevent Jeremy Corbyn getting into Number 10.
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Iain Dale was reflecting on Boris Johnson's attempts to cling on to power when he read out a text, where a listener insisted "the country got what it voted for" when electing the PM in 2019: "a liar and a self-harm Brexit."
Iain wasn't buying the arguments of the listener.
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"A lot of people voted Conservative in 2019 because they were horrified by the thought of a Corbyn premiership," he claimed.
"I would never have voted for Jeremy Corbyn in a month of Sundays and whatever misgivings I had about Boris Johnson, they were completely dissipated by the thought of a Corbyn premiership."
Iain went on to suggest he wasn't the only person to think this way in 2019.
"Do I ahve any regrets about that vote? No I do not," he confessed, moving on from the text with a parting message: "You can only vote for what's put in front of you."
