“WE WANT TO BE FREE” – BY ANNE MARIE MORRIS MP

“The Prime Minister and Mr Speaker are not above the law.”

ERG member takes no prisoners in hard-hitting article, exclusively for Brexit Facts4EU.Org

While some pro-Brexit MPs are wobbling and considering compromise, one MP is not for turning.

Anne Marie Morris has been MP for Newton Abbot since 2010. She took the seat from the LibDems. In that time she has grown her majority consistently, from 523 votes in 2010, to 11,288 in 2015, to 17,160 in 2017. This is an extraordinary performance from any MP.

Anne Marie is a former lawyer and a committed Eurosceptic. In November she was one of those who voted no confidence in Theresa May’s leadership of the Conservative Party.

In her article below – exclusively for Brexit Facts4EU.Org – she sets out her forthright views on where we are and what we should do next.

Guest article by Anne Marie Morris MP

“Delivering Brexit isn’t just about removing or neutralising the backstop.

With or without the backstop this deal on the table does not deliver back our sovereignty or leave us free to realise our free trading ambitions. No legal proposal however well intended or effectively drafted will do that.

We can get a deal and a good free trade deal after we have left - not only with America, Australia and our Commonwealth friends around the world but also in Asia, South America - and Europe. But as George Eustice said in his resignation letter, we must leave on 29 March.

Why are Brexiteer MPs seemingly so willing to accept this deal even though they don’t like it?

They have fallen for project fear. Mrs May has developed the catchy phrase – ‘it’s my deal, no deal or no Brexit’. She invented the no Brexit phrase. She has built a belief that somehow Parliament, probably with a little help from Mr Speaker, can undermine any form of leaving other than on her terms.

The Prime Minister and Mr Speaker are not above the law.

Only primary legislation can change Article 50 and our withdrawal on 29 March.

People are fed up with waiting. They want to leave on 29 March and they don’t want or need a transition period. We are as ready as we ever will be, as are our European counterparts. The United Kingdom is the fifth largest economy in the world, with a wealth of skill and talent the envy of our neighbours.

Why do we want to be hobbled by a Europe falling deeper into recession? We don’t.

We want to be free!”

Observations

We believe Anne Marie's words will resonate across the nation.

Here is a conviction politician who says it as she sees it. Whilst other pro-Brexit MPs seem to be preparing the ground for a climbdown, AM is standing full square, uncompromising in her stance that Brexit must be delivered on 29 March.

"With or without the backstop this deal on the table does not deliver back our sovereignty or leave us free to realise our free trading ambitions."

We could not agree more. If you agree with Anne Marie that we just want to be free, you might wish to let her know. You can do so by leaving a comment below, or by visiting her website.

Finally, we would like to thank AM for giving up part of her Sunday afternoon to give us all some hope and inspiration.

You can read more about Anne Marie and her work in her constituency on her website here.

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Reader Comments 28

11. edward kublin , Monday, March 04, 2019, 09:54:

Fantastic, you are one of the very few that tell it as it is and as it should be. Bravo.
Just convince the rest of the ERG to follow suit. and we will win through in the end.
IT is hard to believe that there are not more like you that represent the people and not themselves.

12. Elizabeth Smith , Monday, March 04, 2019, 10:12:

Thank you for such inspiring words, Anne Marie, but sadly, there are too few M.P.s who have your strength of conviction.
I'm proud and thankful, to be able to claim Sir John Redwood as my M.P. and I pray, through your dedication to the cause, that together, you'll successfully be able to influence others before it's too late.
Please rest assured that 17.4 million people are behind you. We are waiting for someone to lead us through this nightmare, to an independent United Kingdom. .

13. caroline Swinhoe , Monday, March 04, 2019, 10:16:

Brilliant Anne Maria, exactly what millions of us are thinking. If we are betrayed, the days of the current two party system will definitely be over.

14. Jenny Murray , Monday, March 04, 2019, 12:25:

Totally agree Anne! It’s come to the point where the remainers are deciding our fate & im sick & tired of their treachery! I wonder if many MPs have even glanced at the WA or even the Lisbon treaty, because I’m sure if they did, they would realise what horrors are contained in them & would surely change their minds! It would be good to actually see a head count, because it seems to me this is not being taken seriously enough! Keep up the good work, I am emailing my mp all the time encouraging him to vote against this deal & listen to the people, because it’s obvious a lot of them are not! Jenny Murray!

15. Harold Hoad , Monday, March 04, 2019, 13:06:

The remarks of Anne Marie are fully endorsed by me and most of my friends. We need to be free of the EU on the 29 March if we are to have a future. Her remarks were soundly and sensibly advanced.
If we also want our faith restored in politicians and parliament we need considerably more MPs with the same approach and commitment to her electorate as shown by Anne Marie.

16. MARGARET CURTIS , Monday, March 04, 2019, 14:33:

Well said, Anne Marie! I only hope you get to be Prime Minister some day - & I fervently hope & pray that "some day" Is not too late! In the worst-case scenario, though, we'll need strong, sensible people like you to help to pick up the pieces.

17. Mark Bishop , Monday, March 04, 2019, 14:42:

Well said. I hope that your comments will revive the backbone of your fellow MPs, especially those ERG members who appear to be about to capitulate in the face of project fear.

18. Christine Maylor , Monday, March 04, 2019, 17:30:

Thank God we have an Anne Marie Morris - honesty, integrity and courage. Lead on Anne Marie, we are right behind you. This whole process is throwing things into sharp relief and clearly identifying the changes that need to be made to bring back integrity to politics. Currently we are being lied to and betrayed - obviously we are too stupid to notice....
It is quite iniquitous to betray the sacrifices made by millions who gave their lives for freedom and democracy. I too deeply resent the humiliation being heaped upon Britain by the traitors within the gates. Who would ever have believed that our own parliamentarians would conspire to give away our democracy against the clearly expressed will of the people.
Unelected dictatorships inevitably fall because freedom is the unquenchable desire of the human spirit. The peoples of Europe are beginning to rebel also as their economic and political situations worsen.
I have bombarded my MP, David Lidington, to little effect - how strange..! But where there's a will, there's a way. Anne Marie gives us heart. Thank you.

19. Michel Flor-Henry , Tuesday, March 05, 2019, 00:55:

Thank you, Anne-Marie Morris . Succinct and brilliant .
I was at a dinner with JRM not too long ago (in the ward I'm standing in for Borough elections) and
as we shook hands, I wished him all power to his elbow; and to yours too - and all in the ERG.
All best,
Michel

20. Alan Roberts. , Tuesday, March 05, 2019, 07:55:

Well done AM. I only wish more leave MP’S had your backbone, including those in the ERG group
Alan Roberts. Lawyer Chester

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