The danger of removing protections for workers' rights, food hygiene standards and everything else from the legally binding Withdrawal Agreement is that we are then at the sole mercy of this Government and of all future governments of any stripe. #Ridge
Right now, the EU provides a floor below which no government can go. It does not prevent us from negotiating stronger standards than this baseline.
As I explain in my book, "The EU’s strength is that it protects the long-term interests of 28 countries rather than the short-term interests of one. It operates on a scale of decades, not the scant few years between elections. It doesn’t have to do foolish things to win votes."
Sophy Ridge keeps saying that standards could only ever be eroded if Parliament agrees. But hidden in that statement is a giant gamble: that the Tories will never ever get a majority of MPs again. As soon as they do, they can go hog-wild on deregulation. #Ridge
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