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MPs Lambast Tory Cabinet for 'Full Sell-Out of Brexit' After Reports of Secret Cross-Party Summit
MPs Lambast Tory Cabinet for 'Full Sell-Out of Brexit' After Reports of Secret Cross-Party Summit
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'Full Sell-Out of Brexit' has been decried by Brexiteer MPs in wake of the reported secret cross-party summit to tackle failings of the split with the EU.
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A chorus of voices from among die-hard supporters of Britain's exit from the European single market which the UK voted for in June 2016, and which was finalized in December 2020, have railed against what they described as an ongoing "sell-out of Brexit."UK media reports of a highly confidential two-day summit held by senior Conservative and Labour figures, including both Brexiters and so-called Remainers, to dissect the “failings” of Brexit prompted John Redwood, British MP for Wokingham in Berkshire, and a prominent supporter of the Vote Leave campaign, to go on Twitter and hit out at the UK establishment.Instead of talking of “sell-out at private conferences,” he tweeted, Brexit should be completed and “its freedoms” used in full.The secret gathering reportedly held on 9 and 10 February at Ditchley Park and attended by cabinet minister and prominent Brexiteer, Michael Gove, was also slammed by Nigel Farage, ex-leader of the UK Independence party and the Brexit party. Farage tweeted on 12 February that the "full sell-out of Brexit is underway," adding that "this Tory party never believed in it."Former cabinet minister David, Lord Frost, who was lead negotiator for UK's divorce from the EU bloc, was quoted by media as saying, “Brexit doesn’t need ‘fixing'"."It needs this Conservative government, elected with a huge mandate on a Brexit programme, to fully and enthusiastically embrace its advantages instead of leaving the field to those who never wanted it in the first place,” stated the Tory peer. He added:Brexit 'Acting as a Drag'Previously, UK media blew the lid on a secret gathering of prominent cross-party Brexiteers and Remainers at a countryside retreat in Oxfordshire, described as a “private discussion” under the title: “How can we make Brexit work better with our neighbours in Europe?”According to cited insiders, a statement at the confidential gathering acknowledged that there was the shared belief among “some at least, that so far the UK has not yet found its way forward outside the EU” with Brexit “acting as a drag on our growth and inhibiting the UK’s potential”.The “constructive meeting” purportedly homed in on "problems and opportunities of Brexit," but underscored that exiting the EU was failing to deliver, and deplored that the country's economy was "in a weak position”. In the 2016 referendum, 17.3 million Britons voted to leave the European Union (EU), and ever since the split was formalized at the end of January 2020, acrimony between the UK and the EU has been building over some challenging aspects of the divorce, such as the Northern Ireland Protocol.A crucial element of the Brexit agreement, the Northern Ireland Protocol was designed to allow special trading arrangements between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland (in the UK) that rule out a hard border between the two. This arrangement keeps Northern Ireland aligned with some EU trade rules, but has been criticized by Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party for the new checks and paperwork for certain goods which are imported into Northern Ireland from the rest of the UK. Amid comtinuing tense talks with Brussels on the NI protocol, UK ministers earlier introduced legislation which would allow the country to override the protocol unilaterally. Weighing in on this particular issue, John Redwood also tweeted: “Pass the NI protocol bill so NI is fully part of the UK and take back full control of our fish for starters.”
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MPs Lambast Tory Cabinet for 'Full Sell-Out of Brexit' After Reports of Secret Cross-Party Summit
05:52 GMT 13.02.2023 (Updated: 15:25 GMT 28.05.2023) Prominent cross-party Brexiteers and Remainers had gathered at the end of last week at a countryside retreat in Oxfordshire to discuss how to "fix" Brexit’s "failings", UK media reported, with the hush-hush get-together said to have involved diplomats, defense experts, business and bank chiefs.
A chorus of voices from among die-hard supporters of Britain's
exit from the European single market which the UK voted for in June 2016, and which was finalized in December 2020, have railed against what they described as an ongoing "sell-out of Brexit."
UK media reports of a highly confidential two-day summit held by senior Conservative and Labour figures, including both Brexiters and so-called Remainers, to dissect the “failings” of Brexit prompted John Redwood, British MP for Wokingham in Berkshire, and a prominent supporter of the Vote Leave campaign, to go on Twitter and hit out at the UK establishment.
Instead of talking of “sell-out at private conferences,” he tweeted, Brexit should be completed and “its freedoms” used in full.
The secret gathering reportedly held on 9 and 10 February at Ditchley Park and attended by cabinet minister and prominent Brexiteer, Michael Gove, was also slammed by Nigel Farage, ex-leader of the UK Independence party and the Brexit party. Farage tweeted on 12 February that the "full sell-out of Brexit is underway," adding that "this Tory party never believed in it."
Former cabinet minister David, Lord Frost, who was lead negotiator for UK's divorce from the EU bloc, was quoted by media as saying, “Brexit doesn’t need ‘fixing'".
"It needs this Conservative government, elected with a huge mandate on a Brexit programme, to fully and enthusiastically embrace its advantages instead of leaving the field to those who never wanted it in the first place,” stated the Tory peer. He added:
"This secret conference is a further piece of evidence that many in our political and business establishment want to unravel the deals we did to exit the EU in 2020 and to stay shadowing the EU instead."
31 January 2023, 15:25 GMT
Brexit 'Acting as a Drag'
Previously, UK media blew the lid on a secret gathering of prominent cross-party Brexiteers and Remainers at a countryside retreat in Oxfordshire, described as a “private discussion” under the title: “How can we make Brexit work better with our neighbours in Europe?”
According to cited insiders, a statement at the confidential gathering acknowledged that there was the shared belief among “some at least, that so far the UK has not yet found its way forward outside the EU” with
Brexit “acting as a drag on our growth and inhibiting the UK’s potential”.
The “constructive meeting” purportedly homed in on "problems and opportunities of Brexit," but underscored that exiting the EU was failing to deliver, and deplored that the country's economy was "in a weak position”.
“It was about moving on from leave and remain, and what are the issues we now have to face, and how can we get into the best position in order to have a conversation with the EU about changes to the UK-EU trade and cooperation agreement when that happens?” a source was cited as saying.
3 January 2023, 11:54 GMT
In the 2016 referendum, 17.3 million Britons voted to leave the European Union (EU), and ever since the split was formalized at the end of January 2020, acrimony between the UK and the EU has been building over some challenging aspects of the divorce, such as the
Northern Ireland Protocol.
A crucial element of the Brexit agreement, the Northern Ireland Protocol was designed to allow special trading arrangements between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland (in the UK) that rule out a hard border between the two. This arrangement keeps Northern Ireland aligned with some EU trade rules, but has been criticized by Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party for the new checks and paperwork for certain goods which are imported into Northern Ireland from the rest of the UK.
Amid comtinuing tense talks with Brussels on the NI protocol, UK ministers earlier introduced legislation which would allow the country to override the protocol unilaterally. Weighing in on this particular issue, John Redwood also tweeted: “Pass the NI protocol bill so NI is fully part of the UK and take back full control of our fish for starters.”
