With Parliament set to vote on the Prime Minister’s
Brexit deal this week, a number of concerned constituents have emailed me to
urge me to vote to reject the deal.
In their emails they told me that “The proposals
for the agreement that have been released do not match the expectations set by
the PM during her Lancaster House speech, and in cases do not match up with the
promises made by the government during the last general election. A vote for
this agreement would be a vote to: 1. Give the EU £39 billion for almost
nothing in return 2. Treat Northern Ireland differently than the rest of the UK
3. Tie us to the customs union and EU laws, preventing international trade
deals, and in contravention of the 2017 Conservative manifesto. This is not
what I, nor any of 17.4 million I know, voted for in 2016.”
I find myself yet again in total agreement with
what my constituents have said. Readers of this blog will be aware of my
intentions to vote against the deal and the reasons for opposing the deal. I am
grateful to my constituents who have taken the time to write to me about their
views on the Brexit deal and I hope I can count on their support as we progress
towards Brexit. I would like to assure them that I will continue to work to
deliver a meaningful Brexit that respects the result of the referendum.
