Get deal done, MP tells EU leaders
WEST Lancashire MP Rosie Cooper is a co-signatory of a letter to EU leaders urging them to “work night and day” to agree a deal for Brexit.
The MP is one of 19 Labour MPs to put their name to the letter to Jean-Claude Juncker and Donald Tusk arguing for the EU Commission, the EU27, and the UK government to reach an agreement to avoid a no deal Brexit happening.
Ms Cooper said: “It is clear that most people here in West Lancashire and across the country are tired of the Brexit deadlock and want the situation resolved.
“I have consistently argued that an orderly Brexit is better than a no deal Brexit.
“I sincerely hope all those round the negotiating table are listening and willing to finally reach an agreement given it is 1,200 days since the country took the decision to leave the EU.
“I am concerned that any further delays to the UK leaving the EU will only add to the deepening public divisions we see and the growing disenchantment with politics.
“Until a deal is agreed the country cannot heal these divisions.” In the letter the 19 Labour MPs argue: The EU Commission, the EU27 and the UK government have to find an accommodation.
An orderly Brexit is better than no deal. The public are tired of the deadlock and want the issue resolved.
That a deal will deliver an orderly Brexit, respect the 2016 referendum decision and protect the Good Friday Agreement.
A deal can provide guarantees and rights that most voters, including remain voters, value.
That the parties to the negotiations should be willing to ‘work night and day, if required’ until an agreement is reached.
In 2016 the West Lancashire parliamentary constituency voted in favour of leaving the European Union, a decision Rosie Cooper MP said that was committed to honouring during the Brexit process.
The MP says that position is consistent with the 2017 Labour Party manifesto which she was elected on.