Re: The Danger now!!!
I don't know why, but I have this awful feeling that we may yet still get stitched up by BJ.
I just do not trust him.
I seem to be hearing too much talk from his side about the entire withdrawal agreement being a dead duck, but in the next breath, his team are talking about his insistence that the backstop must be removed. What about the rest of it??
Is he saying he would be happy to come back and present the surrender document to Parliament minus the backstop, but still containing dozens of articles that would ensure we would still be trapped half in and half out of the EU forever?
That would appease the remain MP's but would be an utter betrayal to Leavers.
And I certainly don't want yet another two year transition period where we have to follow all EU rules yet have no say over those same rules and no right to object. I certainly don't want us to be forced to continue to be the cash cow that we have always been, making payments of millions to the EU during that same transition period.
The same would apply to EU citizen's rights in the UK. They would still be free to reside here and claim social security payments with many advantages that UK citizens will never have, and these would be guaranteed for life!
All this during this 2 year transition period whilst we are informed by the EU that our own UK citizens rights are still up in the air and subject to further negotiation. What on - Fishing rights perhaps? I also read that BJ has even offered more money than we owe.
No wonder Merkel and Macron can afford a smile. Any more from Boris and he will May in trousers.
Yes, the backstop is vitally important to sort out, but not at the expense of every other shackles contained in that surrender document.
If a deal is forthcoming, it must be made clear that the whole surrender document, not just the backstop, must be confined to the bin for us to continue negotiating.
We must also still leave on 31st October. With a deal hopefully, but without a deal if necessary.
Leave voters expect nothing less from BJ. Anything other will be an utter betrayal and he will be finished.
I just wish I could shake this feeling off that being Prime Minister, getting a larger majority and grandstanding on the world stage is more important to him than getting us out of the EU, exactly as we voted for and lock stock and barrel, without selling us down the river.
I'm prepared to give him the benefit of doubt up until 31st Oct only, but if he calls a GE before he takes us out, my vote will be going to Nigel. I trust him 100% on Brexit. I certainly don't trust BJ in the same way. Vote him into power with a majority before we leave would give him carte blanche to stitch us up good and proper and there would be nothing we could do about it.
For Leavers to trust any politician ever again, especially BJ. Get us out first, then have the general election where we can make up our minds on what he has done about Brexit.
Trust is a two-way street. He should heed this well.