DOWNING STREET DEMOLISHES BORIS’S IDEA OF BRIDGE LINKING BRITAIN TO FRANCE
lead to the legislation being passed back and forth between the Commons and the Lords.
Earlier this week, Government sources indicated that Mrs May will snub George Osborne, who led the Treasury scare campaign against Brexit, by refusing to offer him a peerage. He is expected to become the first former chancellor in decades not to be offered a peerage.
Brexit campaigners last night hit out at peers, including former EU commissioners Lord Kinnock and Lord Mandelson, who receive lavish Brussels pensions.
Richard Tice and John Longworth, co-chairmen of the Leave Means Leave pressure group, said: “The EU Withdrawal Bill now passes to the unelected House of Lords who, we fear, could obstruct Brexit. A huge number of the Lords are sitting on fat pensions paid for by THERESA May has “no plans” to back Boris Johnson’s idea of a bridge over the English Channel, Downing Street said yesterday.
In a rebuff to the Foreign Secretary, an official distanced the Prime Minister from his vision of a 22-mile link between Britain and France.
But he confirmed both governments were to discuss joint infrastructure projects.
Mr Johnson raised the idea at an AngloFrench summit held at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in Berkshire this week.
He said it was “ridiculous” two of the world’s biggest economies were “linked by a single railway”, and repeated his views on Twitter. the EU. For many, it is in their own interest to add amendment after amendment to the Bill in order to achieve their end goal – reversing the Brexit vote.”
The Bill overcame its final hurdle in the Commons last Wednesday. After the vote, EU Exit Secretary David Davis signalled the Government’s desire to avoid a bruising clash with the Lords, adding: “We are looking forward to working with Sources close to Mr Johnson claimed French President Emmanuel Macron was enthusiastic.
But the PM’s spokesman said: “What was agreed, and I think that’s what the Foreign Secretary tweeted about as well, is a panel of experts who will look at major projects together.”
Mr Johnson has put forward the idea of a road bridge in the past.
But transport and engineering experts questioned its viability due to the huge cost.
The Road Haulage Association said money would be better spent improving the UK’s “crumbling” roads and opening more lorry parks. peers as the Bill enters its next stage of scrutiny in the House of Lords at the end of this month.”
Baroness Smith, Labour’s leader in the Lords, last night confirmed Labour peers would table amendments to the Bill. “We are not going to be bullied into abdicating and just stepping back,” she said. “We have a role to play, we will do it responsibly but I won’t be bullied into not fulfilling that role.”