Friday 5 April 2019

BATTLE FOR BREXIT: Today should have been historic, but it’s shambolic

Express
The stalemate at Westminster represents an appalling betrayal of the British people. In the EU referendum of June 23, 2016 – 1009 day ago – after the biggest democratic exercise in our history, the electorate sent a simple instruction to our rulers.
But they have disgracefully failed to act on that mandate. Our country is no nearer to leaving now than it was in 2016. 
Almost three years have been wasted in enfeebled negotiations, procedural games and continual procrastination. 
Just think of the outrage if the roles had been reversed. Imagine if the Remain campaign had won the referendum, then Parliament had decided to ignore the verdict and gone ahead with our withdrawal from the EU. 
Such a scenario might seem absurd, but it is exactly what the establishment is now doing with Brexit. ....
But the biggest culprits of all are the Remainers, who have simply refused to accept the outcome of the 2016 referendum. 
In their arrogant disdain for the will of the people, they are the prime architects of the present fiasco."

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