Britain's Conservative MP Philip Hammond leaves the Houses of Parliament after parliament discussed Brexit, sitting on a Saturday for the first time since the 1982 Falklands War, in London, Britain, October 19, 2019. REUTERS/Tom Nicholson/File Photo
LONDON - Britain’s former finance minister Philip Hammond said on Sunday he would vote against Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s bid on Monday to force an election, saying parliament should be focused on trying to secure a deal to leave the European Union. “I shall be voting against him. This is not the time to be holding a general election, it is a time for cool heads and grown up government,” Hammond told Sky News, adding that parliament should instead be scrutinizing the Brexit deal.
“The government should stop making threats, stop throwing tantrums and get on with the grown up business of doing its business.”
SpanishDan1 Good on Philip Hammond! Thank you too!
Duplicitous weasel.
I expect he realises that he will probably not get an MP seat at the next election.