If the Brexit deal is so wonderful, why are Tories like Jacob Rees-Mogg blocking scrutiny of it?
Jacob Rees-Mogg: not only does he look shifty – he’s acting shifty too.
It seems the Tories set up a committee to examine their Brexit trade deal, before it was signed – no doubt in a bid to reassure the nation that we would have a chance to check whether it is any good.
Now we see them reneging on that promise.
Are we to draw the logical conclusion – that is isn’t any good and we really need to examine it, line by line?
The government has been accused of undermining parliamentary scrutiny of Boris Johnson’s Brexit trade deal after Jacob Rees-Mogg ordered the shutdown of the cross-party committee examining Britain’s relations with the EU.
The move blocks a planned six-month inquiry into the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA), grilling key players in televised evidence sessions at parliament before producing an authoritative report assessing the merits and flaws of the deal in rigorous detail.
And it means there is no Commons committee with a specific remit to monitor the implementation of the deal and the activities of the plethora of partnership councils, committees and working groups which it has created.
Committee member Joanna Cherry said the 21-member panel was being disbanded because “the government don’t want to hear the truth” about Mr Johnson’s deal.
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There’s plenty wrong with the deal and hiding away won’t change that however now that we have left the European Union, our governments are wholly accountable to the electorate. There is no hiding place. This is the Br’exit bonus!