PM’s Big Brexit speech in London at 130pm... she will set “five tests” of the Brexit deal
1. Respect the referendum
2. An agreement that endures
3. Protect jobs and security
4. Consistent with open outward-looking European democracy
5. Strengthen the union
1. Respect the referendum
2. An agreement that endures
3. Protect jobs and security
4. Consistent with open outward-looking European democracy
5. Strengthen the union
These are a pretty high level non-specific five tests, - for example in these headline self-imposed “tests” of the deal - there isn’t a reference to eg no hard border in Ireland - though that will feature elsewhere in speech...
“Five Tests” and British policy on the EU has history of course - Gordon Brown’s on euro membership designed on a napkin by a pre-Gangnam @edballs - were far more specific detailed and “economicky”
... and it might be worth noting that the original Five Tests helped prevent happening the major constitutional policy change that was being tested...
