House of Lords is undermining our departure from EU
WITH yet more Brexit-frustrating votes in the House of Lords on Monday it is becoming increasingly clear what the strategy is of these privileged Remoaners. They want to drag out the process of exiting the EU to such an extent that we are so bored and exhausted by the whole matter that we will beg to remain under foreign rule just so we never have to hear another whingeing word about it.
But not only does that fly in the face of the referendum result it also bucks an increasing trend among democratically minded Remain voters outside the Westminster bubble to accept the result and just get on with securing the best deal for the UK.
That is where the latest decision of the Lords approaches treachery. By tying the hands of the Government to ensure that MPs must insist on a deal with the EU – however bad it is for us – they are undermining the most basic and effective of negotiating tactics, which is to be able to walk away from the table.
The fear of crashing out of the EU without a deal may not be a preferred option but the fact that Theresa May and her ministers could take us to that brink certainly sharpens the common sense on both sides.
BUT now thanks to the Lords’ latest vote they have run up the flag of national surrender before we’ve even got to the crunch decisions. Michel Barnier and his Brussels negotiators must be laughing themselves silly. Never has a nation made itself so vulnerable to domination by a foreign power.
Can you imagine a proper businessman such as US President Donald Trump approaching a deal like this? He made the global liberal elite quake with his threats of nuclear strikes on North Korea. That’s not the way to do diplomacy, they bleated. But here we are weeks later with talks of peace and most importantly a more compliant China worrying about upcoming trade sanctions.
The rest of the world admires strong leaders but here in the UK a small but influential elite does everything it can to undermine our leader as she seeks to deliver an effective Brexit.
Of course this treachery is