BREXIT PLEDGE BY MPs

WE MUST VOTE TO GET BREXIT DONE

Boris Johnson says every Conservative candidate in this election has pledged to support his current “deal” with the EU.

But is that far enough

Whatever the complexity of a new HoC, and indeed a new government,  will we have learned anything from the last three and a half years. The General Election may not resolve anything because yesterday’s MPs might be tomorrow’s. We the Electorate need to be able to trust MPs to do what the electorate mandated them to do in the 2016 Referendum and what they PLEDGE to do in the future.

Therefore we need a serious PLEDGE from them to deliver BREXIT

We can then move on to the pressing economic and social issues that need to be addressed. Issues that are complex and which will determine how the UK will operate outside the European Union and what it’s role will be as a Global player

With this in mind we need MPs to commit to a public position that goes beyond the Withdrawal Agreement and takes us to a final relationship with the EU by 31 December 2020.

The EU needs to understand that is our binding strategic position and commitment to the Electorate.

Any Pledge must go beyond the General Election and cover the future relationship with the EU. Negotiations for the future relationship between the UK and the EU during the transition period should follow the guide set out in the current Political Declaration (but not exhaustive to that Declaration) which will establish a Free Trade Agreement that provides a non tariff, mutual recognition of standards and regulations on goods and services. This must be finalised and implemented by 31 December 2020

Other Sovereign State issues will have to be negotiated but most of these can be established on the basis of cooperative resolution running alongside a Free Trade Agreement.

Knowing how the EU Commission operates in these situations they will try and get the UK to extend the negotiations beyond 31 December 2020. Legal issues will be raised under Union Law which the UK government will have to resolutely side step (the UK will come under our own “Common Law” regime otherwise we continue to contribute to the EU Budget and comply with all EU legislation under the continued jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice.

The reaction from the Prime Minister, if they have learned anything, is that the deadline for a future relationship between the UK and the EU must be 31 December 2020 – this is an absolute final date at the end of the transition period and we must hold to that. We must hold him to that promise together with ALL Conservative MPs

There should be no impediments to this negotiation with the UK’s objective to be a full sovereign state honouring the mandate given by the Electorate in the 2016 Referendum. An ability to enter into FTAs with Third countries on terms negotiated between the UK and those countries. Not governed by any EU rules nor overseen by the EU Commission or the European Court of Justice. A FTA that allows trade to flourish between the UK and the EU member states in a mutually based Agreement

Boris Johnson has made public statements, one in a video, which should be restated in the Conservative 2019 General Election Manifesto and in the individual Manifesto of Conservative candidates but it must extend to cover more than the current Withdrawal Agreement

This is the PLEDGE we need to hear from Conservative candidates including those who voted Remain in 2016

• I will honour the result of the 2016 Referendum to LEAVE the EU on 31 January 2020

• I will support and vote in favour of the current Withdrawal Agreement negotiated with the EU by Prime Minister Boris Johnson in order to start the second phase when it is laid before the HoC

• I will support and not frustrate the creation of a Free Trade  Agreement which provides for a non tariff, mutual recognition for goods and services which will be negotiated with the EU under the guide of the current Political Declaration. This FTA to be concluded and implemented at the end of the transition period at the latest by 31 December 2020

• I confirm that the future relationship with the EU, which will include other Sovereign State issues will be supported to run alongside a mutually agreed FTA

• I will not support any extension of the transition period beyond 31/12/2020

Getting BREXIT Done – means more than signing off the Withdrawal Agreement.

TRUST in our politics has become

ESSENTIAL for THE UK ELECTORATE

This election will test whether MPs, the government and its future Ministers can be trusted on the Brexit issue.

Those who have not registered to vote should do so in order to have their direct say in this General Election

We need to reinstate TRUST in our electoral system