Peter Mandelson tells Brexit ministers to stop 'whinging' about referendum report ban | Daily Mail Online
Speaking in the City, Lord Mandelson said: 'We are faced in this country with the biggest choice of our generation, a choice which is going to have a huge impact on our jobs, our trade, our investment, our place in the world.
'Frankly, I think, these complaining ministers are lucky. Usually when members of a government go against ministerial collective responsibility and the will of the Cabinet, they receive one paper - and that's their P45.
'So I think they have got off rather lightly and they should stop whinging.'
Lord Mandelson dismissed claims he was adding to 'scaremongering' by the In campaign with his speech as he warned it would be 'thoroughly reckless' to quit the EU.
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But the Vote Leave said his warnings of steep tariffs made him look like a man carrying a 'the end is nigh' sign in the street.
The new row comes a day after Boris Johnson blasted Mr Cameron's claim he was promoting 'project fact' as 'baloney'.
In his speech, the former EU trade commissioner said: 'In trade you need bargaining chips in order to negotiate benefits in exchange and Britain is already a relatively open economy.
'Losing the EU's preferential trading benefits in foreign markets could mean new tariffs of 10, 20 per cent or sometimes even more on key UK exports, such as cars, machine goods, whisky and textiles.
'We would end up having to sacrifice sensitive positions in order to secure these deals.'
Challenged on the BBC if he was scaremongering, Lord Mandelson rejected the claim.
He said: 'There is no scaremongering in that speech – and I would say substantial speech which addresses the risks and the consequences for British business and British jobs of our leaving the European Union.'
'Frankly, I think, these complaining ministers are lucky. Usually when members of a government go against ministerial collective responsibility and the will of the Cabinet, they receive one paper - and that's their P45.
'So I think they have got off rather lightly and they should stop whinging.'
Lord Mandelson dismissed claims he was adding to 'scaremongering' by the In campaign with his speech as he warned it would be 'thoroughly reckless' to quit the EU.
Britain's Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Iain Duncan Smith (L) and Minister of State for Employment Priti Patel arrive to attend a cabinet meeting at Number 10 Downing Street in London, Britain March 1, 2016. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth
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But the Vote Leave said his warnings of steep tariffs made him look like a man carrying a 'the end is nigh' sign in the street.
The new row comes a day after Boris Johnson blasted Mr Cameron's claim he was promoting 'project fact' as 'baloney'.
In his speech, the former EU trade commissioner said: 'In trade you need bargaining chips in order to negotiate benefits in exchange and Britain is already a relatively open economy.
'Losing the EU's preferential trading benefits in foreign markets could mean new tariffs of 10, 20 per cent or sometimes even more on key UK exports, such as cars, machine goods, whisky and textiles.
'We would end up having to sacrifice sensitive positions in order to secure these deals.'
Challenged on the BBC if he was scaremongering, Lord Mandelson rejected the claim.
He said: 'There is no scaremongering in that speech – and I would say substantial speech which addresses the risks and the consequences for British business and British jobs of our leaving the European Union.'
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