https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/oct/10/theresa-may-refuses-to-say-if-she-would-vote-for-brexit-in-fresh-poll
The question everyone that everyone has been asking, is "Where are we on the road to Brexit?"
The answer is "no where". Theresa May delivered a speech in Florence on the 22nd September and said precisely nothing. On Monday, the Prime Minister made a statement to the House of Commons and again said nothing other than to confirm that the "negotiations" with the other members of the EU are no further forward than they were since Article 50 was triggered at the end of March. She did however indicate that the United Kingdom should face the possibility or even probability, that this country may leave the European Union without any "deal" at all. This may well be exactly what Cash, Johnson, Gove, Duncan-Smith, Grayling, Pattel and others who campaigned for a "No" vote at the referendum would actually prefer, but I do not, for one second, believe that the majority of the 17 million people who voted for Brexit, envisaged that this country should leave the EU without any agreement with the other EU members on questions such as borders, future relationships, EU citizens in the UK, trade relationships, workers rights and civil liberties, free movement and customs arrangements and hundreds of other details necessary to obtain the best possible arrangements for the people of the United Kingdom and those businesses and companies based in this country.
Yesterday, (Tuesday), Theresa May followed her disastrous speech to Conservative party conference on the 4th October, with a disastrous LBC radio phone-in where she repeatedly avoided answering questions, particularly those associated with Brexit. The Prime Minister even refused to say if she would vote for Brexit if another referendum were held today,whch indicates that she is not really committed to the Brexit she is promising to deliver.
Donald Tusk the European Council President, together with other EU leaders, have already stated that the negotiations are not making any progress and that there is no possibility of proceeding to the next stage of the Brexit discussions until the United Kingdom provides more detail and intent. From the referendum of June 2016 and certainly since March of this year when Article 50 was triggered, it seems that the government have delayed providing any clear indication of a serious wish to reach agreement with the EU. All the indications point towards the United Kingdom leaving the European Union in March of 2019 without any agreement. The "Hard Brexit" option. This would be a complete disaster for this country and the people. With no agerement on the question of the borders, access to the free market, trade tarrifs, status of European citizens in the UK, European Court of Justice, workers rights, customs controls, the prospects of a rapid descent into economic chaos with inflation and rising unemployment within the first few months if not weeks of leaving are all too real.
Brexit must be fully negotiated and agreed no matter how long such a transition may take and the government must show its commitment to such a process. We must not allow the hardline "Brexiters" to drag us by the nose into an outcome which will benifit nobody. From the available evidence, Prime Minister Theresa May is neither suitable nor capable for this task, and is too damaged and weak to provide the leadership necessary. It is time for this government to stand down and make way for a new government with the leadership and confidence to complete the process. Theresa May and her cabinet are playing for time and time has now run out.
Theresa May has refused to say if she would vote for Brexit if another referendum were held today
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The question everyone that everyone has been asking, is "Where are we on the road to Brexit?"
The answer is "no where". Theresa May delivered a speech in Florence on the 22nd September and said precisely nothing. On Monday, the Prime Minister made a statement to the House of Commons and again said nothing other than to confirm that the "negotiations" with the other members of the EU are no further forward than they were since Article 50 was triggered at the end of March. She did however indicate that the United Kingdom should face the possibility or even probability, that this country may leave the European Union without any "deal" at all. This may well be exactly what Cash, Johnson, Gove, Duncan-Smith, Grayling, Pattel and others who campaigned for a "No" vote at the referendum would actually prefer, but I do not, for one second, believe that the majority of the 17 million people who voted for Brexit, envisaged that this country should leave the EU without any agreement with the other EU members on questions such as borders, future relationships, EU citizens in the UK, trade relationships, workers rights and civil liberties, free movement and customs arrangements and hundreds of other details necessary to obtain the best possible arrangements for the people of the United Kingdom and those businesses and companies based in this country.
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Brexit must be fully negotiated and agreed no matter how long such a transition may take and the government must show its commitment to such a process. We must not allow the hardline "Brexiters" to drag us by the nose into an outcome which will benifit nobody. From the available evidence, Prime Minister Theresa May is neither suitable nor capable for this task, and is too damaged and weak to provide the leadership necessary. It is time for this government to stand down and make way for a new government with the leadership and confidence to complete the process. Theresa May and her cabinet are playing for time and time has now run out.
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