The Tories have today converted Kemi’s Brexit tests into an Opposition Day Motion ahead of the ‘reset’ summit on Monday. Make hay while you can table opposition motions…
The motion says the Commons “recognises that the Conservative Party stands by the result of the 2016 referendum to leave the European Union” and restates the Tories’ red lines:
Kemi finally said she was against Labour’s deal over the weekend. In a tit for tat Labour has tabled their own amendment to the motion which replaces the commitment with a statement calling for a deal “in the UK’s national interest…to deepen ties with its European friends” and “recognises the Government’s ambition to negotiate a sanitary and phytosanitary and veterinary agreement to address the cost of food and to tackle a range of other issues to reduce barriers to trade.” That equals rule-taking…
A Tory source tells Guido: “Everything people voted for – the freedom to control our own borders, laws and money – will be sacrificed by Keir Starmer to appease Labour’s London Leftie Luvvies with #FBPE in their X bios. It’s a sell-out of the 2016 referendum on an industrial scale.”
Curiously all Reform MPs have tabled an amendment of their own signing the party up to the Tories’ exact wording. Warms the heart…
Sarah Pochin at Reform Scotland’s manifesto launch event: “I really wanted to come on in a Reform tartan burka, but apparently I wasn’t allowed… One day let’s do one of these events not live-streamed. We’ll do all the naughty stuff…”