1/ Brexit and the Great Prize
2/ Increasingly leading Brexiters keep saying don’t worry about the process of leaving or any transition period, the UK should keep its eyes on the Great Prize
3/ But what is the Great Prize?
4/ The Great Prize is not greater geopolitical influence or security
5/ The Great Prize is not a stronger economy
6/ The Great Prize is not £350m a week to the NHS
7/ The Great Prize is not better trade deals than we have now
8/ The Great Prize is not a veto over the EU expanding by taking in new
Members like Turkey
Members like Turkey
9/ The Great Prize is not control of our borders as we already have that
10/ The Great Prize is not secure access to nuclear energy because we are leaving Euratom
11/ The Great Prize is not easier movement for UK citizens to work, live or study in Europe
12/ The Great Prize is not improving and maintaining the Good Friday Agreement
13/ The Great Prize is not sending a message of welcome to foreigners to build their lives in the UK
14/ The Great Prize is not stopping sending money to the EU
15/ The Great Prize is not stopping my annual council tax by increasing by more than inflation or my season ticket by increasing by more than what it costs me per day in contributions to the EU
16/ The Great Prize is not better medicine regulation
17/ The Great Prize is not better European supply chain integration
18/ The Great Prize is not more control for the UK parliament
19/ The Great Prize is not solving our existing domestic problems
20/ The Great Prize is not a transition where you accept EU laws with no representation and no certainty on future terms
21/ The Great Prize is not caring about foreign state interference in our elections
22/ The Great Prize is not caring about potential illegal behaviour in relation to our elections
23/ The Great Prize is not sovereignty as we never lost that
24/ The Great Prize is not stronger environmental or other laws as nothing stops us having stricter laws now
25/ The Great Prize is not regulatory divergence
26/ The Great Prize is not continuing to have MEPs like @CharlesTannock @catherinemep @MollyMEP proactively representing the UK internationally
27/ The Great Prize is not providing a leading role in the shape of Europe
28/ The Great Prize is not less immigration
29/ The Great Prize is not telling my children we are building a brighter future for them
30/ The Great Prize is a pot of gold at the end of rainbow guarded by unicorns
