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Lots of fun to be had searching for the words “surrender” and “betrayal” in Hansard. Here’s a few highlights.... (THREAD)
“That we are leaving is settled. How we are leaving is not. This Bill invites us to surrender all power and influence over that question to the Government and to Ministers.” - Kier Starmer
“Surely we have not “taken back control” only to surrender it to the Prime Minister and her increasingly absurd three Brexiteers, while Parliament becomes a spectator?” - Angela Eagle
“Given the loss of British influence that there will be... this is an apt description, is it not, of the whole document: a surrender of influence agreement for our country?” - Mike Gapes
“The 27 countries will all have to be in agreement with whatever the eventual deal is... They will not surrender the basic tenets of the EU in order to leave us all the benefits of the single market without any of the obligations.” - Ken Clarke
“The Prime Minister’s deal and the various alternatives, one and all, surrender that shared sovereignty. They would make us rule takers without being, as we have been, influential rule makers.” - Margaret Beckett
“If we left the European Union without a people’s vote... and then it turned out that the people of this country, knowing what Brexit looked like, did not want us to leave the European Union, it would be the biggest betrayal of democracy in this country.” - Anna Soubry
“No Brexit would be a betrayal of the democratic decision of the British people, and no deal would be a betrayal of our economic future.” - Philip Hammond
“Brexit means borders, bureaucracy and—ultimately—betrayal of the Good Friday agreement.” - Sir Vince Cable
“They want to cause chaos, frustrate Brexit and overturn the will of the British people. That would be a betrayal of the many by the few.” - Theresa May
