Theresa May says MPs will be guilty of massive ‘con trick’ if they fail to deliver Brexit
THERESA MAY said Westminster would be guilty of a massive “con trick” if it fails to deliver Brexit.
The ex-PM maintained Brits would “keep faith” with MPs but only if they agreed an exit from the EU.
In a significant intervention on the historic Saturday sitting, she said: “The position we take will determine not just the future of our country and the future lives of our constituents but, I believe, the very future of our politics.
“Because we have, today, to make a key decision. And it is simple, do we want to deliver Brexit? Do we want to deliver on the result of the referendum in 2016?”
She added: “When we voted to trigger Article 50, did we really mean it?
“When the two main parties represented in this House stood on manifestos in the 2017 general election to deliver Brexit, did we really mean it?
Extra Parliamentary hours cost £250,000
TAXPAYERS forked out £250,000 for yesterday’s Saturday sitting of the House of Commons to cover staff overtime.
Employees including clerks, doorkeepers, technicians, catering staff and cleaners were offered an extra £20 an hour to cover the session.
They are not usually paid extra for unsociable parliamentary hours.
Extra security was also drafted in due to the pro and anti-Brexit demonstrations taking place.
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“I think there can only be one answer to that and that is yes, we did mean it. Yes, we keep faith with the British people. Yes we want to deliver Brexit.”
Mrs May added: “If this Parliament did not mean it, then it is guilty of the most egregious con trick on the British people.”
She said that a second EU vote shouldn’t happen “because some people did not agree” with the first result.
Mrs May said MPs should back a deal if they don’t want to risk leaving with No Deal.
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She said: “If you don’t want No Deal, you have to vote for a deal. Businesses are crying out for certainty, people want certainty in their lives, our investors to be able to able to invest and want the uncertainty to got rid of.
“They want to know that this country is moving forward.
“If you want to deliver Brexit, if you want to keep faith with British people, if you want this country to move forward then vote for the deal today.”
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