BREXIT

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That’s 11 pages Grahamm. :eek


As the chief political commentator for The Daily Telegraph, he might perhaps admit that he was part of the problem.  That he did his bit to deliver the madness that is BREXIT.


Anyway, I’m not convinced many here are going to read all that.  So I’ve picked off some quotes,

I admire the prime minister, think she’s a hero, and have been one of her strong supporters.

Which suggests The Chief Political editor of the Telegraph is off his trolley.  However…..

It is practically certain that the next Tory leader will rip up Mrs May’s deal, however sensible and well-intentioned, and then embark on another two-year-long attritional battle with Europe. Does anybody truly want this? And just think what damage will be done to Britain as a nation.

But the EU isn’t prepared to renegotiate.  And of course, May’s Deal settles nothing.  The risk is actually that the next Tory PM, that is if May ever goes, will crash us out of the EU.

Investment-led growth has collapsed, and we need to stare that undeniable fact squarely in the face. Just look at the events of the early months of this year.

Yup totally agree with him there.

I vividly recall the wave of national elation when Margaret Thatcher brought Japanese car manufacturers to the declining north-east of England in the 1980s. This was a turning point in British industrial history.

And I agree again, that BREXIT is risking the desolation of British manufacturing industry.  The Japanese car manufacturers are already leaving.

When she was home secretary, Theresa May kept promising to combat the relatively high levels of immigration. The reality was she was powerless to do anything about it.

That’s simply not true.  The truth is that she would not apply the rules of freedom of movement.  The truth is that freedom of movement within the EU is not an issue for the UK.

The EU has just signed a huge, ground-breaking free-trade deal with Japan. If we leave, we must begin complex negotiations to get something as good. Does anyone seriously think we could get something better?

Which is why we need to kill BREXIT now.  It’s possible that if we did Honda could be persuaded to stay.  And Nissan and Toyota persuaded not to leave as they are without doubt gearing up to do.

All that will happen in future is that the UK, post Brexit, will be forced to ask to piggyback on EU trade deals with, say, Japan to secure equal terms. Our only argument will be that the aggregation of our market to the EU’s will add strength. Which is no more than the restoration of the position had we remained in the EU.

Absolutely agree.  We already have and will get further excellent free trade agreements round the globe with continued EU membership.  Outside the EU if we manage to squeeze the same quality of deals, well to do so will practically take mirracles.

The Brexiteers made a succession of claims about leaving the EU that have turned out to be untrue. They said it would be quick and easy. They said that a raft of trade deals would be available by the time we left the EU. To quote Liam Fox, “The free trade agreement that we will have to do with the European Union should be one of the easiest in human history. ”

Yes, Peter Oborne and your paper was part of the driving force behind the lies.  Surely this man should either persuade the editor and board of this paper to change tack, or leave.  This is not any ordinary issue.  It will, and may already be, determining the economic future of the UK.  BREXIT is in fact an extraordinary exercise in self harm.  And powers like The Telegraph have extraordinary in terms of influencing BREXIT.