CAUGHT IN MAY'S BREXIT WEB

MPs have already had their extension

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The Democratic Deficit Disorder

Looking back, it’s interesting to note how many of our articles had our belief in democracy at their root. Today, with Mrs May having returned from Brussels with yet another can-kicking completed, it seems we must focus again on democracy.

Three things happened yesterday. Firstly, a public petition to Parliament reached 2 million signatures. This petition asks Parliament to revoke Article 50, thereby cancelling Brexit. The BBC were very keen on this story. All we will say to the Remoaners who work for Auntie Beeb is: “Get back to us when they’ve got to 17.4 million.”

Keep Calm and Just Brexit

The second event was the news that MPs have been warned by the Deputy Speaker about their personal security again. This immediately puts us in a dilemma.

On the one hand we see this as snowflakes whining that – surprise, surprise – they’re not very popular with the public. On the other hand there are real extremists in every part of society and of course our MPs must be protected from the tiny minority who might become violent. Free speech yes. Any real intimidation no.

Blame Culture… Moi?

The EU has been talking a lot about blame recently, in that they want to apportion blame for the Brexit fiasco onto the British. As blame culture is in the air we will simply say that the current atmosphere in the UK has mostly been caused by Referendum losers not being immediately ridiculed for refusing to accept the result.

This has allowed a culture to develop of the questioning of every standard and value we have traditionally held to be sacrosanct. This sad development is one of the reasons we expect extraordinary moves in Parliament next week by Remain MPs, indulged and possibly even encouraged by a Speaker who wears his Remoaner credentials like a (car-)badge of honour.

Can, Road, Aim, Kick!

The third event of note was of course the latest can-kicking exercise of Mrs May. The media are full of the various dates which have been proposed, rejected, and amended. As ever, at Brexit Facts4EU.Org we will look above this.

The simple fact is that the Brexit we voted for was due to be enacted on 24 June last year, 2018. This date was two years after the EU Referendum. Readers will recall that our then Prime Minister promised in advance that he would invoke Article 50 “the next day”. Instead he went to ground, and then resigned.

Brexit is already almost nine months overdue. We expected it two years after the Referendum, at the latest. That’s 272 days ago. Babies have been conceived and born in that time.

Following Mrs May’s eventual invocation of Article 50 the revised delivery date was then 29 March 2019. That’s one week today.

EU Summit Conclusions

Yesterday evening the unelected EU Council President Donald Tusk issued two statements.

Here are the conclusions of the EU Summit of 27 leaders, regarding Brexit.

And here is the statement by Donald Tusk himself.

Mr Tusk’s statement ends as follows :-

“This is why I met Prime Minister May several times tonight – to make sure that the UK accepts the extension scenarios – and I am pleased to confirm that we have reached an agreement on this.”

Now we are facing the Government proposing an extension until 12 April, and then possibly until 22 May. Interestingly both of these dates have been ordered by 27 foreign powers, not chosen by the UK Government.

Observations

Message to the Prime Minister : Enough

Theresa May got one thing right in her speech to the nation on Wednesday evening.

“And of this I am absolutely sure: you the public have had enough.”

Too damn right we’ve had enough.

The existing legal position is that the UK leaves the EU on Friday 29 March 2019.

We see no reason to alter this in any way. You’ve already had your extension, Mrs May. You delayed the invocation of Article 50 by nine months, achieving absolutely nothing along the way.

Enough really is enough. We must leave as you have repeatedly promised to the British people, next Friday.

[ Sources : EU Council ]

Brexit Facts4EU.Org, Fri 22 Mar 2019

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1. A.F.Fanculo , Friday, March 22, 2019, 07:45:

Why did 'we' need this extension. It merely gives the idiots in parliament more time to argue about surrendering us and putting our heads under the jackboot. The EU are getting very worried that their 'deal' will not pass

2. SibeliusFan , Friday, March 22, 2019, 08:15:

The BBC mischief-making as usual. It headlines the apparent popularity of the Cancel Article 50 petition, but is choosing not to report the doubts about the origins of huge swathes of the "signatures" on the petition - (see Guido Fawkes.)

3. James Bertram , Friday, March 22, 2019, 08:22:

Yes, agree A F Fanculo.
Watching the press conference last night, the questions following, and the commentators on Sky, it became clear that the EU had blinked. Junker and Tusk looked like rabbits caught in the headlights, and were lost for words. Sky's political editor said that, for the first time, the EU leaders believed that Mrs May was prepared to walk away and accept No Deal, that she no longer feared it - and it was clear that the EU feared No Deal far more. The length of time it took to come to a decision supports this view. This hardball approach is what the strong Brexiteers have been saying would work all along. It is the first time we've played our hand properly.
The way forward now is to first make sure May’s atrocious WA does not pass. Hopefully all true Brexiteers will stand firm. Once disposed of, then is the time to offer a WTO exit + GATT24 transition before the 12th April. The 2 year transition will allow a consensus in the HofC to form around the type of arrangement we then want – whether Canada+ or a softer EFTA or EEA type deal. (The EU indicated that they had left the door open to all possibilities.)
All to play for, and it would be ridiculous if anyone in the HofC, whether Leave or Remain, now backed May’s mad surrender document.

4. Ashley Great Britain , Friday, March 22, 2019, 09:02:

Even stranger is how the EU said they will grant short extension if mays surrender treaty gets passed!? I thought we would move on to two year transition and negotiate the trade agreements!?
Its all a massive con as its always been.
We need to fully leave under WTO and then discuss the trade and side agreements.

5. James Bertram , Friday, March 22, 2019, 09:20:

StandUp4Brexit website. Some MPs recognising that the EU blinked:
For example:
Steve Double MP
@stevedouble
11h11 hours ago
It is so frustrating that it is only now that EU are taking risk of no deal seriously. Just imagine where we could have been if the threat of no deal was real a year ago. We will probably never know how much damage those MPs who refused to accept no deal as an option have caused
Shailesh Vara MP
@ShaileshVara
10h10 hours ago
Some EU leaders making clear they don't want 'no deal', recognising that it would negatively impact on THEIR own countries. They have never wanted it. So sad that some in the UK insist on taking 'no deal' off the negotiating table and hugely reducing our bargaining position.

6. James Bertram , Friday, March 22, 2019, 09:50:

This is why May does not fear No Deal:
Telegraph Article by Tom Rees LaToya Harding
21 MARCH 2019 • 5:30PM
Bank of England expects growth to accelerate to 0.3pc in first quarter
'UK business economy is surging on the prospect of a 'No Deal' WTO Brexit
Around 80pc of British businesses believe they are ready for a no deal Brexit as the Bank of England revealed that the economy is accelerating ahead of the UK's scheduled departure from the EU.
The Bank's survey of businesses found that around two thirds were now implementing contingency plans for a...'
So much for Project Fear and previous Treasury / BofE forecasts.
This is Liz Truss in the Sun today (see Brexit Central):
Theresa May should opt for No Deal over accepting a lengthy Brexit delay, Liz Truss said today. The Chief Secretary to the Treasury said No Deal was now “more likely” than a long delay if the PM’s deal is defeated again in the Commons next week. Asked if she would rather a No Deal than an extension, Ms Truss told The Sun: “God yes. No extension.” She added: “I believe No Deal is better than a long extension.” And Ms Truss, who is Chancellor Philip Hammond’s deputy, said Britain was ready for a No Deal. Dismissing gloomy forecasts of an economic fallout after a No Deal Brexit, she added: “I don’t believe the plague of locusts stuff.”

7. Not4EU, London , Friday, March 22, 2019, 10:37:

If any of our 'misguided' MPs, who consider that the EU subjugation Treaty (May's WA) is in any way 'leaving' the EU, then last night was just a foretaste of what trying to leave, or any 'independent' decision, will be like if they agree to it. The weak, supine EU plaything that is called PM has to beg then stand in the corridor whilst foreign powers, some smaller than Heathrow Airport, decide on what they will allow her to do & the instructions that she must follow. They are laughing at us, thanks to May & her EU shills.
Misguided? It does now seem to be open knowledge that May's cronies were threatening mutually exclusive outcomes if they didn't vote for her agreement, to the different factions of the party - their version of room 101. Don't fall for it again & remember the existing law on leaving. Both outcomes can not be true so further prove that EU Agent May will lie & cheat to surrender our country. Stand firm and vote this abomination down. The people will be behind you.
As to the 'delays', this merely sets the precedent to overturn democracy & to 'persuade' waverers that it's only a couple of weeks (as with Hammond's 'transition') so 'acceptable'. A50 was already 9 months late. That was the only compromise that many accepted. No more compromises will be accepted.
On 29th at 11pm, we will either be independent or, with the collusion of a corrupt Parliament, be under the jackboot of a foreign power & democracy is officially dead. No democracy = no representation = no taxes.
If our vote to leave was meaningless, then so is any further vote for anything, including those in Parliament. The social contract will no longer exist.
Did you know that if everyone drove just 5mph below the given speed limits, apart from removing another cashcow revenue stream, the country will grind to a halt. Some facts are interesting to know.

8. Jon, Wales , Friday, March 22, 2019, 11:03:

We must not forget the British electorate NEVER consented to a single EEC/EC/EU treaty, yet subsequent Parliaments [including the present one] quietly handed UK sovereignty and many other things to a foreign power - (snowflakes, please do your homework)!
The treaty Prime Minister May is trying to sell is the WORST in British history that I know of. We recall Robbins was doing a separate deal for Mrs May in Number 10, unbeknown to David Davis MP, the first Brexit Secretary?
A simple to understand TEST for every remoaner MP - If you were in business, would you actively seek to secure a BAD deal for your business? The answer of course is NO, you wouldn't seek a bad deal, yet you seek to impose the content of a seriously bad treaty upon those whom elected you because you didn't like the outcome of the 2016 referendum.
I remind ALL MPs of the following factual news item:
"Passing the first hurdle: History made as MPs vote in favour of EU referendum by 544 to 53".
"MPs have voted overwhelmingly in support of holding a referendum on Britain's membership of the European Union (EU)". The article may be found here:
https://www.express.co.uk/n...
I would suggest as 544 MPs voted in favour, they also understood they must abide by the outcome of the UK-wide vote? I would respect Mrs May if she walked away from talks as the EU have no right to treat her in the ugly way they do? Our country deserves respect from the EU.

9. James Bertram , Friday, March 22, 2019, 11:05:

Here's another one who makes the same analysis:
Paul Embery:
Though he's a Tory, Portillo is bang on here. For the first time in 1,000 days, EU leaders knew there was a realistic chance of no-deal, and they blinked. Imagine if the government had properly prepared for no-deal from the outset.
BBC This Week
Last night's episode is on BBC Iplayer

10. JOHN FINN , Friday, March 22, 2019, 11:06:

The EU are caught in 2 minds. They're not sure whether to give May time to allow the WA to pass or to put the pressure on and go for a full revocation of Brexit. They know the spineless cretins in Westminster haven't got the guts to leave without a 'deal' of some sort so they know they are on safe ground. Actually it's not just guts they lack, the calibre of both the cabinet and the shadow cabinet in particular is dire and none of them are in any way capable of taking on responsibility for major issues such as Trade policy.

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