1. There was no manifesto promise to “respect the referendum”, but we can look at what everybody did say, and who is responsible for Brexit not being delivered.
2. It was the Conservative party that decided to have a General election in 2017, and consequently, the various parties laid out their idea of how to deliver Brexit. 
3. 164,466 people voted for a Brexit where all European citizen’s rights were guaranteed and the best possible deal for Welsh agriculture.
4. 238,915 people voted for a Brexit that gave Northern Ireland a special status with continued representation for the North in the European parliament.
5. 292,316 people voted for a Brexit where the UK is out of the European Court of Justice and control over the country’s laws restored. Also, rights for citizens safeguarded, a new immigration policy, and no internal borders, and the ability to do trade deals.
6. 525,665 people voted for a Brexit that included the Single Market, Freedom of Movement and a confirmatory referendum.
7. 977,568 people voted for a Brexit where Freedom of Movement was included in the future deal.
8. 2,371,861 people voted for a Brexit in the Single Market and the Customs Union, with protections on rights and a confirmatory referendum.
9. 12,877,918 people voted for a Brexit which has a strong emphasis on retaining the benefits of the Single Market and the Customs Union while putting jobs first. A Brexit that ensures unrestricted access for goods and services.
10. A Brexit which would see continued access to Euratom, protected worker’s rights, consumer rights and environmental standards. One that involved remaining part of Horizon 2020 and Erasmus, while respecting the Good Friday agreement.
11. 13,636,684 people voted for a Brexit which involved a deep and close partnership with as frictionless a border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland and no barriers between the UK and Ireland.
12. Leaving the Single Market and the Customs Union, so the UK can do trade deals, and managing migration.
13. While at the same time improving HMRC’s capabilities to stamp down on smuggling. Including improving our policing of the border as we leave the European Union.
14. When we put these together, we can see that any minority government is going to have a problem. Multiple parties have committed to negotiate different things, and some of the smaller parties have explicitly committed to push for certain outcomes.
15. When we look at these in terms of Theresa May's deal, there are some very clear conflicts with what parties have promised on Brexit, including the Conservative party.
16. With a minority government, that's gong to be difficult enough, but the Conservative Part don't back it either, include the European Research Group who have a different interpretation which I've represented here. They state their lack of support is a manifesto issue.
17. With parliament not giving, there were also the Indicative votes that saw the Conservatives vote against the Common Market 2.0 proposal, which is quite close to what they promised in their manifesto.
18. Both in the March vote and the April vote, the Conservatives opted not to support Nick Boles’ proposal. It was also close to a Labour proposal, and you will notice their support was much higher.
19. Then there was a Customs Union. There were considerable issues for both parties in terms of what they promised, but in this case, Labour put considerable backing to this outcome.
20. It actually delivers less Labour manifesto Brexit items than it does for the Conservative party, but it’s the Conservative’s that are...again...against it.
21. There were several manifesto items saying there wouldn’t be a Scottish referendum, but the Conservative manifesto didn’t rule out a confirmatory referendum on the WA, although this indicative vote was really LibDem and Green manifesto territory.
22. And the LibDems and the Green vote in numbers for the thing they promised the electorate they would push for.
23. Then we have the 'Labour plan' which seeks to get a softer Brexit that encompasses a Customs Union, and, I think, delivers on as many Conservative manifesto items that Theresa’s own deal does.
24. And again, Labour back this heavily, and again the Conservative’s vote against it.
25. The EFTA option was brought forward by George Eustice, which again is problematic to everyone, particularly in terms of the Irish border. It doesn't in itself offer a solution to it.
26. It's not very popular, but no surprise to find that a majority of Conservatives vote against that too...
27. Then we get to the ‘No deal’ scenarios. The managed no deal where the EU would have to agree, and a large part would be a leap into the dark.
28. The managed no deal is the first time we see Conservative support outstrip Conservative’s voting against an option. Even then, it is less than convincing.
29. Then there was 'No deal', which delivers practically nothing.
The Conservative manifesto does say the party still believe “No deal is better than a bad deal”, but they've voted against every type of deal, so it’s just difficult to work out what they think is a good deal.
The Conservative manifesto does say the party still believe “No deal is better than a bad deal”, but they've voted against every type of deal, so it’s just difficult to work out what they think is a good deal.
30. The Conservative support for the non-compromise ‘throw our own deal away’ option amounted to an astonishingly high 157 MPs. Despite business not being ready and the option being incredibly damaging to our economy.
31. But it gets worse, when Boris Johnson becomes Prime Minister he renegotiates another deal, and in doing so he moves the workers and environment rights into the political declaration and the word ‘adequate’ is changed to 'appropriate'.
32. And in doing so, the safeguarded rights row goes red for 5 parties, and now the deal is even less palatable to parliament than the Theresa May deal. This is not strategic thinking, this is playing to your party and your party alone.
33. By ignoring the fact the deal had to go through parliament, Boris Johnson basically ignored the vote of 17.44 million people.
34. Then he wrote to Jeremy Corbyn telling him that his voters shouldn’t count, and if Labour didn’t back his deal he would tell us all to go back and vote again so that we could 'vote the right way'.
35. So let's state the facts, during the indicative votes, it was the Labour party that showed strong support on compromise positions. It was the Conservative party that didn’t want to accept the compromise needed in a minority government of their own making.
36. It wasn’t Labour who came back with a deal that wouldn’t go through a minority parliament, it wasn’t Labour who didn’t back their own deal, it wasn’t Labour who weren’t prepared to compromise, and it wasn’t Labour who didn’t deliver on their manifesto commitments.
37. That was the Conservatives.
The party that promised the electorate a deal, and when it came to looking for compromise, only voted for 'no deal' scenarios.
The party that promised the electorate a deal, and when it came to looking for compromise, only voted for 'no deal' scenarios.
38. In 2017, more people voted against Conservative Brexit than had voted for any kind of Brexit in history, including Brexit itself. It should come as no surprise that in a democracy it didn't get delivered.
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