1/ MPs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Your country needs you
Your country needs you
2/ In 2016 you held an advisory referendum the result of which apparently is now binding
3/ You failed to consider what you would do if there was a narrow result either way or what would happen if Northern Ireland, Scotland or Gibraltar voted remain but the rest of the UK voted leave
4/ You failed to explain what leaving would mean for the Good Friday Agreement or the people of the island of Ireland who by a clear majority (both sides of the border) want to remain in the EU
5/ Here is the leaflet sent to every home - it contains zero references to the GFA assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl… …
6/ By a majority you voted to give @theresa_may the power to issue the article 50 notice.
You attached no conditions or safeguards to that power. You authorised here to start a 2 year clock with no contingency plan
You attached no conditions or safeguards to that power. You authorised here to start a 2 year clock with no contingency plan
7/ You did not have visibility of what the Brexit plan was or have approval over it prior to giving her that power. What were you thinking?
8/ After months of being lied to by @DavidDavisMP as to the existence of impact assessments, @DExEUgov produced a half arsed cut and paste job which the majority of you still have not bothered to read even though we are 4.5 months away from leaving the EU
9/ We leave the EU automatically on 29 March 2019
For those who are slow on the uptake, imagine your car insurance ended on 29 March 2019 - it does not magically continue on the 30 March 2019 unless you have a deal with your existing provider or a new provider
For those who are slow on the uptake, imagine your car insurance ended on 29 March 2019 - it does not magically continue on the 30 March 2019 unless you have a deal with your existing provider or a new provider
10/ The majority of you continually lie to the public about the trade offs that Brexit involves.
Be honest - it is part of your code of conduct. It is a basic requirement of being an elected representative
Be honest - it is part of your code of conduct. It is a basic requirement of being an elected representative
11/ There is no Brexit dividend. The OBR estimates a reduction in public revenues of £15bn a year - figures the Government has accepted.
Stop lying
Stop lying
12/ Stop lying about free trade agreements. We have the best trade deal with the EU as an EU member and benefit from all the ones the EU has.
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13/ You do know that the withdrawal agreement, assuming there is one, only deals with the terms of exit.
There will be no binding agreement covering our future relationship
There will be no binding agreement covering our future relationship
14/ Are you really prepared to vote for a withdrawal agreement or no deal when compared with the agreements we currently benefit from? You cannot possibly vote for those two options on the basis we may be better off -in both cases you don't know what the future deal will be
15/ Have you asked yourselves the following questions and do all the answers to these questions conclude that we will be better off outside the EU?
16/ If you don't have time, here is one:
How does Brexit improve the UK's geopolitical security?
How does Brexit improve the UK's geopolitical security?
17/ What is your plan to mitigate this exodus of business?
18/ How does this exodus of business support the NHS?
19/ What are you doing to safeguard the rights of 5 million people in the UK and EU27 who for two years have been in limbo?
20/ Do you find it at all weird that you are going to be given a few days, at best, to review a 500 page withdrawal agreement and then vote on it?
Is that fair to you, your constituents or your country?
Is that fair to you, your constituents or your country?
21/ If this is all sounding too difficult, why did you authorise the PM to trigger a two year clock with no plan?
22/ Do you find it all a bit rubbish that over 2 years after the vote, the Cabinet cannot agree what the Brexit plan is?
23/ Do you find it unacceptable that the best the PM can come with will cost the UK £40bn a year.
Is that in the national interest? If so, how?
Is that in the national interest? If so, how?
24/ Do you find it weird that the Government thinks it can have a frictionless border in Ireland yet at the same time is working on "improvements" to the M20 and M26?
Why do the motorway work - surely the frictionless Irish solution is just as workable for Kent?
Why do the motorway work - surely the frictionless Irish solution is just as workable for Kent?
25/ Do you find it bizarre that to reassure the public the Government is talking about stockpiling food and medicine in peace time as a result of its own choices?
How many lives are you prepared to risk? 1, 100, 1000 or do you not care?
How many lives are you prepared to risk? 1, 100, 1000 or do you not care?
26/ Would you like to know if there is no deal or a shit withdrawal agreement, that you have a safety net of being able to revoke the article 50 notice to safeguard the country?
27/ Do you find it weird that UK GOV:
- says the will of the people is fixed
- is spending taxpayer £ to prevent you and the public finding out your safeguard options
- thinks its reasons for not letting you know your options should be secret
- says the will of the people is fixed
- is spending taxpayer £ to prevent you and the public finding out your safeguard options
- thinks its reasons for not letting you know your options should be secret
28/ Is the will of the people to be lied to as to their options?
29/ Parliament is sovereign - always has been. Look even the Government says so
"The sovereignty of Parliament is a fundamental principle of the UK constitution. Whilst Parliament has remained sovereign throughout our membership of the EU, it has not always felt like that."
"The sovereignty of Parliament is a fundamental principle of the UK constitution. Whilst Parliament has remained sovereign throughout our membership of the EU, it has not always felt like that."
31/ If Parliament is sovereign what do you think you should do if you cannot secure a deal that makes the UK better off than an EU member?
32/ Do you have a mandate to make us worse off at any cost?
Is that acting in your consitutents' best interests?
Is that acting in your consitutents' best interests?
33/ What will you do to protect the country if there is no deal or a withdrawal agreement with no binding terms as to our future relationship with the EU?
34/ You are elected to act in our best interests. If we are going to be worse off, it is your job to make difficult decisions.
That may include revoking the article 50 notice to safeguard the country
That may include revoking the article 50 notice to safeguard the country
35/ That may be unpalatable to you. It may cost you your job.
But Parliament voted for this two year clock with no safeguards. You created this mess - you need to fix it and fast
But Parliament voted for this two year clock with no safeguards. You created this mess - you need to fix it and fast
36/ If you don't have the courage to do that, then you need to let the public have a vote again
It may not be appealing. It may be divisive but you got us into this mess.
It may not be appealing. It may be divisive but you got us into this mess.
37/ And if the public needs a vote you are going to need more time
You will need to ask for an extension and the EU will only really give that you if the options in a new vote are either the withdrawal deal or remain.
They wont give you more time if the option includes no deal
You will need to ask for an extension and the EU will only really give that you if the options in a new vote are either the withdrawal deal or remain.
They wont give you more time if the option includes no deal
38/ And that is before we even consider that Vote Leave and Leave EU broke electoral law and @NCA_UK is investigating criminal behaviour.
Will you risk a no deal or a bad deal on the back of illegal behaviour?
Will you risk a no deal or a bad deal on the back of illegal behaviour?
39/ Let's just remind ourselves of what MPs said during the debate on the EU referendum bill
41/ And if you still think you should be voting for no deal or a withdrawal deal with no certainty as to future terms, how confident are you that all the necessary UK legislation will be passed before 29 March 2019 to ensure there is no chaos?
42/ You guys fucked this whole process up.
Either get a grip and use Parliamentary Sovereignty to protect the country (after all that is what lots of you wanted) or let the public have another say
Either get a grip and use Parliamentary Sovereignty to protect the country (after all that is what lots of you wanted) or let the public have another say
