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From time to time I get asked what I think the best question I ever posed to a politician

was and I always give the same answer.

This was a question during the 2015 general election to David Cameron.

Again and again I asked him what his plan B was.

If he didn't get a better deal after a negotiation with Europe and he didn't win the

referendum he would hold on our membership of the EU.

Again and again he refused to answer.

People know with me I have a strong record of negotiating in Europe.

But what is plan B?

What plan B is to hold a referendum and for British people to choose?

I do.

You may have a negotiation you can't succeed in and a vote that you lose and Britain

will be out of the EU.

But only thing you have to be clear about is to have a plan for the changes you want

which I've been clear about.

The reason I'm thinking of the plan B question this week is Parliament is clear we are very

much now in plan B territory.

Whatever Theresa May says.

Mr Speaker, plowing on is not stoic, it's an act of national self harm.

The stoicism that Jeremy Corbyn derided in the House of Commons on Monday seems to be

getting an increasing amount of public support.

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