How Britons will know that she has delivered

THE Prime Minister will use today’s Brexit speech to set out five tests by which voters can judge the success of her negotiations: 1 Mrs May will say the deal must ‘respect the result’ of the referendum, honouring the pledge to ‘take control of our borders, laws and money’, while delivering ‘wider change’ so that ‘no community in Britain would ever be left behind again’. 2 She’ll insist the agreement must be designed to ‘endure’ for a generation or longer, saying that after Brexit both sides ‘want to forge ahead with building a better future for our people, not find ourselves back at the negotiating table because things have broken down’. 3 The deal ‘must protect people’s jobs and security’. Hinting at a gradual divergence from the EU, she will say it should let the two sides ‘work together to grow our economies and keep our people safe’. 4 Mrs May does not want any deal to make Britain more insular, saying the UK wants to be ‘a modern, open, outward-looking, tolerant, European democracy. A country that celebrates our history and diversity, confident of our place in the world.’ 5 A deal must ‘strengthen the union’ rather than weaken the bonds that hold the UK together.