EU will WALK OVER Theresa May knowing she will ‘accept anything’ Hartley-Brewer blasts
THERESA May “will accept anything at all and the European Union know it” and that will lead to the worst deal, according to commentator Julia Hartley-Brewer .
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Theresa May released her long-awaited 98-page Brexit blueprint on Thursday receiving backlash from Brexiteers within her party, and Julia Hartley-Brewer claimed that Mrs May’s negotiations would lead to “the worst possible deal”.
Ms Hartley-Brewer said on BBC’s Sunday Politics: “She has made it pretty clear that she thinks a bad deal is better than no deal.
“So it goes against everything she has actually said on the floor of the house and in her major speeches, that she is basically saying ‘well if they won’t give us things that we ask for, well we will just have to give into them!’
“When you actually look at other things she has said, she has made it really clear.
She will accept anything at all and the European Union know it
“’They have said they won’t give in on that so we had to change what we were going to do'. She has made it quite clear.
“She will accept anything at all and the European Union knows it and everyone else knows it, that is why we are going to get the worst possible deal.”
Officials believe the white paper will help guide negotiations forward, with the ideas of a common rulebook and free trade area ensuring the border remains frictionless.
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The document reads: “At the core of the UK’s proposal is the establishment by the UK and EU of a free trade area for goods.
“This would avoid friction at the border and ensure both sides meet their commitments to Northern Ireland and Ireland through the overall future relationship.”
Brexiteers have rejected the latest Brexit blueprint, concerned the rulebook would keep the UK under the influence of EU law without British politicians being able to have a say on modifying it.
The Prime Minister Theresa May insisted Parliament would have the power to veto new legislation coming from Brussels rather than being forced to pass it into UK law as it had to when Britain was a member.
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Mrs May told BBC’s Andrew Marr: "Some people have raised the issue about what the parliamentary lock actually means and what power it gives Parliament.
"They have said they are worried that Parliament would never make a decision like this because of the consequences. Decisions have consequences, Parliament does not sit there and make decisions with it having any impact.
"We could do trade deals where we tear up our regulatory standards but I don’t think people would actually want us to do that.
"Parliament would take that decision and if there’s any change it would be for Parliament to decide whether or not they accept that change."