‘Leave voters have been betrayed by Corbyn’s Labour’

I HAVE made no secret of my serious criticisms of Boris’s new EU treaty. The Prime Minister keeps claiming that his deal will “get Brexit done”.

The problem is – it’s not Brexit. And the Conservatives can’t get Brexit done.

In truth, the Conservatives are really asking us to vote for a repeat of the last three grim years.

EU negotiator Michel Barnier has made clear that he expects the wrangling over Brexit to be extended for at least three years.

Indeed, if Boris’s Treaty does become law, the next three years are likely to be even worse.

During the extendable transition period we will still be subject to all EU laws – and any new ones they impose – but with no vote, no voice and no veto.

Does that sound like getting the Brexit you voted for “done”?

For months, I have done all in my power to forge a Leavers’ alliance that can win a majority in Parliament and deliver a real Brexit. Polls show that 70 per cent of Conservative voters and 80 per cent of Brexit Party supporters want to see a Leavers’ alliance.

December 12 provides an opportunity to press the reset button on Brexit.

We could look for a simple Canada-style free trade deal by 2020 or leave on WTO terms, rather than getting entangled in a political treaty on EU terms.

Yet the Conservatives show no signs of shifting towards a cleanbreak Brexit.

I admit I’ve been shocked and surprised at how even the staunch Brexiteers of the European Research Group of Tory MPS have fallen into line with Boris’s Treaty, even though 95 per cent of it is reheated from Mrs May’s appalling Withdrawal Agreement.

The current crisis is further evidence that the Conservatives cannot be trusted to get a proper Brexit done on their own.

It can only happen with the help of the Brexit Party.

Oh no, they tell us, you’re splitting the Brexit vote by standing.

When I led Ukip at the 2015 election, the cry from the media was that we would let Ed Miliband’s Labour into government in a coalition with the SNP.

In truth, Cameron’s Tories only won a majority in that election because we took Labour votes from people who never have and never will vote Tory.

At this election there are many seats in the Brexit heartlands where only the Brexit Party can beat Corbyn’s Remainer Labour.

If Boris truly believes he has a “great new deal”, then let’s have a debate. Boris’s Treaty won’t get Brexit done and it won’t stand up to scrutiny through the election campaign. I will debate it with him anytime and anywhere over the next five weeks.

This is the chance for a Leave alliance to deliver Brexit and finish off Labour for a generation. But the clock is ticking. Nominations for election candidates close this week. After that, the die will be cast.

If Boris stands by his EU Treaty, then the Brexit Party will stand against the Conservatives and Corbyn’s Labour in every seat around the country.

And in that case, we’ll be standing as the only party that believes in a real Brexit.

‘Now is time for a Leave alliance’