Diversion tactics: The ‘political declaration’ on Brexit is a disaster – why is nobody talking about it?
Hilary Benn: Why is he apparently the only MP demanding clarity on BoJob’s political declaration?
While MPs have decided to take the extraordinary measure of sitting on a Saturday to decide whether to support Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal, it seems no-one wants to talk about a document that is just as dangerous: Boris Johnson’s political declaration, setting out the future relationship the Tory government wants to have with the EU.
Fortunately, Labour’s Hilary Benn has tweeted about it:
2. The free trade agreement that the Prime Minister wants will end frictionless trade and result in additional cost and bureaucracy for British businesses, and any divergence from a level playing field will adversely affect our access to EU markets.
— Hilary Benn (@hilarybennmp) October 18, 2019
4. Negotiating a free trade agreement and everything else – eg on services, data transfer, security, foreign policy, scientific co-operation, working together on aviation safety and medicines and chemicals regulation – will take a long time. Canada’s deal with the EU took 6 yrs.
— Hilary Benn (@hilarybennmp) October 18, 2019
6. Overall, it’s even worse for the economy than Theresa May’s deal was. It doesn’t help manufacturing or services. And it opens the door to a deregulated future. I will vote against it, and it’s time for a confirmatory referendum so that the British people can decide.
— Hilary Benn (@hilarybennmp) October 18, 2019
As I type this, Theresa May – formerly the worst prime minister in the history of the UK – is saying there should not be a new referendum just because people don’t like the result of the first. That is misleading.
The intention of any new referendum would be to ensure that the people of the UK are getting what they want.
The information trickling like molasses from Downing Street suggests strongly that we are not.
Is that why Boris Johnson wants to deny us the democracy that would provide clarity on this?
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We know why the Tinpot Dictator is resisting a “Final Say” referendum. He still wants to force a “No Deal” so he and his hedge fund donors will clean up to the tune of at least 200 million, and that’s just Odey’s fund.
And don’t forget the disgraced ex tobacco and alcohol public relations whore Prati, with her “Duper’s Delight” fixed smirk, who’s husband with his “… extensive, well-established networks and a rigorous search process…” will help to “… realise critical business objectives, while enhancing the careers of those he places…”. Indeed.
The way the EU Elite and decision makers were hugging ‘n kissing this globalist Cons puppet when he left the decision making table said it all …… their Trojan Horse will ensure their needs are delivered and the EU gets what it wants and the UK gets what it deserves. I just hope the Euro and the EU Financially implodes under the current dictatorship such that no one would wish to be part of such an organisations future quietly unsaid aspirations.