Theresa May is failing to deliver Brexit and her Chequers compromise could usher in Jeremy Corbyn and leave a legacy of destruction
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THERESA May could fatally damage Britain’s future – and that of her party – if she delivers a Brexit that fails to establish full control of immigration while giving us free rein to trade independently.
The Chequers compromise is bad enough — though we understand the necessity of this minority Government buying off the Remainers who dominate Parliament and who would kill Brexit entirely given the chance.
But many Tory MPs and Leave voters already consider it a complete betrayal. The Sun sees no further red lines she can cross without self-destruction.
So EU negotiator Michel Barnier and his puppet-masters Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron need to be very careful how far they push back.
Impossible demands will destabilise and bring down the Government.
Let’s be blunt. This fudge is the result of the PM’s dithering and failure to plan for “no deal” — that essential weapon of any negotiator’s armoury.
Had she won the 100-plus majority predicted before last year’s election things would be different. But her disastrous campaign put paid to that.
Michael Gove claims her Chequers offer would secure Brexit and free us to move further away in time. We are highly doubtful but we hope he’s right.
To us, a proper Brexit, which would have made us a freer, richer country and was backed by a 17.4 million majority, has been given up without a fight.
Remainer Tories MUST study the polls showing their party could now face an election wipeout as their core voters desert them. Their sliding ratings will go into freefall if they vote alongside Labour this month to keep us in an EU customs union — a total negation of Brexit.
If Brexit is further watered down to meaninglessness, the Tories are finished.
And Mrs May’s legacy will be to usher in our first Marxist Government, bringing economic destruction on a scale beyond anyone’s experience.
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MICHAEL Fallon is right to try to stop taxpayers’ cash being used to reopen cases from the Troubles.
Our ageing veterans live in fear of arrest for difficult decisions taken decades ago in a war zone.
Taxpayers will be outraged their money is being used to hound frail and elderly soldiers.
This witch-hunt MUST end.
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