MPs must vote for May’s deal or risk Corbyn at the helm
CHRISTMAS, whether you celebrate it or not, is a great time to come together with family, friends and neighbours and remember that what unites us is always stronger than that which divides us.
There can’t be many issues that have proven more divisive in recent years than Brexit. But, as most of us look forward to a well-earned break, I sincerely hope the Brexit deal which the Prime Minister has negotiated can be the start of bringing the country back together after the referendum. In the new writes Ed Gleave. year Parliament will vote on the Government’s Brexit deal – the only workable strategy that delivers on the 2016 vote. It means we can take back control of our laws, our borders, and our money, all while protecting jobs and the union.
But even though I am confident MPs from my own party will vote for this deal, I have no such confidence that Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party will show a similar desire to act in the national interest.
If he wants to do something nice for Christmas he should come clean and admit he called the PM a “stupid woman” at the end of PMQs on Wednesday. Then he needs to apologise and we can move on.
As the week went on we saw Fiona Onasanya, a Labour MP who has been found guilty of perverting the course of justice, outrageously compare herself to Jesus.
Although Labour has called on her to resign, Ms Onasanya is suggesting she will stay in office.
She should step down immediately.
Then, on Thursday, Ivan Lewis became the second Labour MP to resign the Whip over his leader’s failure to tackle anti-Semitism. And to cap off this disgraceful seven days for Labour, Mr Corbyn’s henchman, Chris Williamson, was forced to apologise after defending a Holocaust denier.
This week has shown just how shudderingly incompetent Labour has become under Jeremy Corbyn.
This is not a party you want running Brexit negotiations, let alone running the country.
But doing anything other than voting for the Prime Minister’s Brexit deal in January risks both.