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		</div><p>Jacob Rees-Mogg has accused a doctor of “fear-mongering” after he challenged the British Commons Leader to say how many people he would accept could die as a result of a no-deal Brexit.</p>
<p>Dr David Nicol, a consultant urologist involved in the Operation Yellowhammer report into the impact of a no-deal Brexit on the NHS, called in to LBC’s Ring Rees-Mogg show to ask what “mortality rate” he would accept if the UK crashed out of the EU without a deal.</p>
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<p>Dr Nicol asked: “Having been involved in writing the plans for mitigation and having whistle-blown because I felt they were unsafe, what level of mortality rate are you willing to accept in the light of a no-deal Brexit?”</p>
<p>Mr Rees-Mogg replied: “I don’t think there’s any reason to suppose that a no-deal Brexit should lead to a mortality rate.</p>
<p>“I think this is the worst excess of Project Fear and I’m surprised that a doctor in your position would be fear-mongering in this way on public radio.”</p>
<p>Dr Nicol told the prominent Brexiteer: “Can I remind you I wrote the plans of mitigation?”</p>
<p>But Mr Rees-Mogg replied: “Well you didn’t write very good plans if you hadn’t worked out how to mitigate, had you?</p>
<p>“It’s fortunate they are being written by other people now who are serious about mitigating, rather than Remoaners.”</p>
<p>Dr Nicol said people could die because of potential problems with access to drugs and radioactive isotopes in the event of a no-deal Brexit.</p>
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<p>Mr Rees-Mogg said there were “reserve plans to fly drugs in if necessary”.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">The doctor who wrote the medical section of the Operation Yellowhammer report into the effects of a no-deal Brexit called Jacob Rees-Mogg live on LBC &#8211; and things got very heated.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RingReesMogg?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RingReesMogg</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NoDealBrexit?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NoDealBrexit</a><a href="https://t.co/IX9zlzy8wX">https://t.co/IX9zlzy8wX</a></p>
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<p>He said: “This is a major focus of Government policy. I think it’s deeply irresponsible, Dr Nicol, of you to call in and try to spread fear across the country.</p>
<p>“I think it’s typical of Remainer campaigners and you should be quite ashamed, I’m afraid.”</p>
<p>Earlier in the show, Mr Rees-Mogg said the idea floated by Boris Johnson’s opponents of ousting him as British Prime Minister and installing a government of national unity led by Ken Clarke would “blow a raspberry” at Leave voters.</p>
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<p>“It wouldn’t be a government of unity, it would be a government of complete disunity, and there to blow a raspberry at 17.4 million people – and I’m not a raspberry blower.”</p>
<p>Asked if CCHQ was planning for an early general election, he said: “I think any wise party always prepares for an election. Certainly in my own association, once we have had an election I begin muttering about: ‘When are we getting prepared for the next one?’</p>
<p>“That’s just a routine of party politics.”</p>
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