Peers think Brexit is a ‘calamity’ but they are actually instigating a greater catastrophe – the collapse of our democracy
The EU is hell-bent on forcing Britain into abject surrender and our unelected Lords shamefully did its bidding again last night in even greater numbers
Peers’ shame
EVEN the staunchest Remainers should baulk at defending the EU and its criminal irresponsibility in the Brexit negotiations.
Brussels is willing to endanger lives by locking Britain out of the Galileo security system. It is willing to risk huge job losses by refusing to budge on trade. It is willing to cause economic chaos by refusing to let backup plans be made to avoid planes being grounded if there is no deal.
We once thought the EU would do what was best for its citizens. That it would work a deal to support foreign firms reliant on Britain. That ultimately Angela Merkel would knock sense into these game-playing bureaucrats. But Merkel is a busted flush.
The EU is hell-bent on forcing Britain into abject surrender at any cost. And our unelected Lords shamefully did its bidding again last night in even greater numbers. How can they, or the MPs who will back them up tomorrow, stomach siding with a Brussels so willing to impoverish hundreds of millions to prove a point?
Peers idiotically claim Brexit is a “calamity” they want MPs to stop. They are instigating a far greater catastrophe: Permanent subservience and a dangerous collapse of faith in our democracy.
No more tax
THE Tories promise to pump £20billion a year more into the NHS — and still their critics find something to gripe about.
The health service does need more money, and Theresa May is entirely right to say it must come with sweeping reform so the cash is well spent. The Blair Government’s billions simply covered up for inefficiency — and couldn’t prevent the Mid-Staffs scandal.
But this Government is wrong if it thinks it can get away with tax rises. Surveys seem to show the public is willing. We wouldn’t read much into those. The Tories are meant to stand for lower taxes. If both major parties are raising tax at election time, more voters may just take a punt on Labour.
The Tories have to be smarter — and reject imposing an even greater burden on a public already sick of high taxes.
Fast lane UK
IS the Government prepared to show ANY fight with Brussels?
Home Secretary Sajid Javid has even binned plans for UK-only queues at passport control. The excuse? It’s too expensive. And on some flights our queue might be slower because there are more of us.
What a copout. An independent Britain should have a separate queue for its passport holders, as major nations do the world over.
It is as if our Government is terrified of causing offence with any visible sign that we will have left the EU.