Monday 14 January 2019

#Brexit the meaningful vote - a message to all MP's

Tomorrow is the "meaningful vote". What are MP's to do?

They need to be brutally honest with themselves and reflect on the following ?

  1. Did Parliament vote with a massive democratic majority to give the people the vote on an in out EU referendum?
  2. Was it not a binary choice and understood to be such by the nation?
  3. Did everyone prior to the referendum vote (including MP's) accept the decision must be delivered - whatever it was?
  4. Was the referendum a simple in or out question or was leave conditional on us being better off (or no worse off) economically by leaving (in MP's judgement)?
  5. Did everyone understand PRIOR to the vote that leave meant regaining control of our money, laws and borders and being able to trade freely with the rest of the world - and that it was a once in a generation decision. 
  6. Is it true that it was only AFTER the referendum that people (who wanted to remain) started to talk about different ways of leaving - ie soft and hard Brexit as a way of mitigating (in their opinion) or frustrating the democratic decision of the majority?
  7. Did MP's vote with a massive majority of nearly 400 to trigger Article 50 ? Did they not  therefore vote to leave on 29th March 2019 with or without a deal (ie the legal default is leave with No Deal)?
  8. Did both major parties make clear election pledges in their manifesto for the subsequent general election that they would uphold and honour the referendum result?
  9. Did 80% of the current MP's stand and get elected on those manifestos ?
MP's you know the points above are true.
 
MP's you all know to uphold our democracy you must deliver the referendum decision. To not do so you are placing economics (in your judgement) or self interested politicking over the moral democratic imperative. Is that not true?

MP's are you preparing to vote to undermine or stop the decision to leave?

MP's have you really thought through the consequences of that to the principals of universal suffrage and democracy that hold our society together?

MP's how do you expect the winning majority to act and respond if you deny them?




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