The
Prime Minister said in her recent statement to Parliament that MPs in the
House of Commons had a “duty to listen to their constituents before taking a
decision in the national interest”.
What
an excellent idea!
With
that, let's turn our attention to New Polling
Shows the Public Kicking Back Against Theresa May’s Brexit Deal.
The
first question asked: “Whether or not you agree that the only options open to
the UK now are Theresa May’s deal, no deal or no Brexit, out of those options
only, which would you prefer as the outcome for Britain’s negotiations with
the EU?” The responses were 25% for Theresa May’s deal; 32% for No Deal 32%,
and 41% for No Brexit with the UK staying in the EU, with 3% Don’t Knows.
<When
next asked to choose between Theresa May’s Deal or No Deal – and No Brexit–
the responses hardened, delivering 57% for Leaving deal or no deal and 41%
for No Brexit, with again 3% Don’t Knows.
Bottom
Line
- Only 41% favored staying in the EU.
- Only 25% favored Theresa May's plan.
- Only 32% favored hard Brexit.
Clearly,
those polled do not want to stay in the EU. But they also do not like May's
plan.
Some
Labour and some Tory MPs want a Norway or Canada option but the poll did not
allow that.
Why?
May ruled it out.
Binary
Options
The
Guardian reports Theresa
May rules out Norway-style Brexit compromise with Labour.
Theresa
May has ruled out any plan B involving a Norway-style compromise deal with
the Labour party in order to deliver a parliamentary consensus on Brexit,
saying the opposition party’s refusal to accept the backstop arrangement put
the UK on a course for no deal.
Influential
backbenchers, including former Tory minister Nick Boles and Labour’s Stephen
Kinnock, have been developing a compromise proposal based on membership of
the European Economic Area plus a negotiated customs union, believing it is
the only version of Brexit that could attract enough Labour and Tory votes to
deliver a parliamentary majority.
Some
cabinet ministers are understood to be attracted to the plans as an
alternative if May’s negotiated deal fails to pass the House of Commons.
In Bed
with the EU
Meanwhile
it is clear May has been in bed, politically speaking, with the EU. They both
press for the same binary option. "No changes" to the deal.
Hypocrite
of First Magnitude
May
accuses Labour of doing anything to force another election.
Meanwhile,
she is willing to screw her own constituents while hopping in bed with Michel
Barnier and the EU to not have one.
Is
there a practical difference?
Rotten
Kettle of Fish
May
tells the House of Commons they have a “duty to
listen to their constituents before taking a decision in the national
interest”.
This
deal is such a rotten kettle of fish that even the public sees clearly sees
it.
What
an amazing hypocrite.