1/11 New facts which mean we need a #PeoplesVote
The Brexit talks are going badly because we need the EU more than it needs us. As a result, the government is making one climb-down after another.
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The Brexit talks are going badly because we need the EU more than it needs us. As a result, the government is making one climb-down after another.
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2/11 The government has agreed to pay a divorce bill of at least £35 billion to leave the EU. That’s 100 times the £350 million a week extra for the NHS that the Leave campaign falsely promised.
3/11 We will have to follow EU rules in the 21-month transition without a vote on them. That’s losing, not taking back control.
4/11 We will lose control in the long term too. The government has already proposed we will become a rule-taker in areas like fighting crime and competition policy. We will be turned into what Jacob Rees-Mogg calls a “vassal state”.
5/11 To avoid border controls in Northern Ireland, we'll probably have to become a rule-taker in yet more areas and further loss of control.
6/11 Brexit has made life more expensive – before we’ve even left. The pound plunged after the referendum, making it more expensive to buy goods from abroad. That, in turn, pushed prices up in the shops.
7/11 we've become the slowest growing member of the Group of 7 large industrialised nations. We were the fastest growing. Again, this has happened before we’ve even left.
8/11 Brexit is bad for the NHS. The number of nurses coming from the EU has plunged by 89%. The idea that we’ll get faster treatment in A&E departments if we kick out foreigners is 100% wrong.
9/11 Trade deals with rest of world are off to a bad start. Without the EU’s clout behind us, we risk being bullied. America wants us to take chlorine-washed chicken. Australia wants us to import hormone-treated beef.
10/11 The world is more dangerous. Putin in threatening us. Trump is in the White House. And then there's Syria. Is this really a good time to burn bridges with Europe?
11/11 Vote Leave may have cheated on spending rules during the referendum by funnelling cash through a puppet operation.
All the more reason for a #PeoplesVote on the Brexit deal.
All the more reason for a #PeoplesVote on the Brexit deal.
