Starmer’s surrender deal has triggered the bat signal for all Brexiters. Starmer has seriously underestimated the level of fury at his sellout…
One Vote Leave veteran tells Guido:
“This is Chequers, it’s signed up to rule taking with no say. EU control over our laws, ECJ control over a huge spread of our national life, no guarantee that all the checks will go, no say (the feed in rights state: “These rights would not extend to participation in the work of the Council or its preparatory bodies”) and we have to pay them for the privilege: (“The SPS Agreement should provide for an appropriate financial contribution from the United Kingdom to support the relevant costs associated with the European Union’s work in this policy area”). This deal will result in us paying more money to the EU, loss of control of laws with a Potemkin “feed in” that means nothing, no change to relationship with NI and no guarantee that border checks will go.”
In short, a total disaster. The clans are stirring, Guido was ahead of the curve warning that this sellout was coming…
Tom Baldwin, author of Starmer’s hagiography, spoke to Times Radio:
Tom Baldwin: “I think he’d like to do something. He’s very dutiful and driven by service. That’s why he came into politics. I think that’s characterised his time as prime minister. He hasn’t always sought popularity or been good at being popular. But I think he has some of the necessary qualities that we actually do want in a prime minister. That resilience, that relentlessness, that ability to carry the weight and the job really does weigh very heavily on people and he carries that weight very, very well.”
Jo Coburn: “NATO Secretary-General?”
Tom Baldwin: “I think that’s something that he would be interested in. I think it probably requires Andy Burnham’s government to support him in that and these are some of the questions which Andy Burnham has to resolve quite quickly.”