I strongly believe the will of the people has to delivered, and I am convinced that the public want us to get on with Brexit (here)

I’ve always been a eurosceptic, I’ve been of the opinion that the EU is undemocratic and unreformable, plus I am still yet to believe that the European Union has had our best interests at heart – the language and condescending nature used by the European Union (see here) shows, to me, a deep dislike of the United Kingdom. 

My loyalty to the Labour Party is stronger than Brexit, I refuse to disown the party I’ve grown to love over the past year+. I strongly believe that Labour taking the ‘remainer’ stance of a ‘confirmatory public vote’ is going to not only alienate Labour in the European Elections but decrease the already low trust of politicians across the spectrum, to deliver on their promises. Labour committed to respecting the referendum result in their 2017 GE manifesto and I believe disrespecting the result of the referendum is going to further divide their country, therefore, I think it is the Labour’s best interests to not back a confirmatory public vote. 

However, this doesn’t mean that I’m against their Brexit policy, in fact I’m strongly for the Brexit policy put forward in their manifesto. A strong relationship with the Single Market and Customs Union is the ‘soft’ Brexit that I want. In regards to their policy, i also fully support their position to get a good deal which protects living standards, workers rights and environmental rights, and i believe that Theresa May’s deal does this. Also, I wholeheartedly reject a ‘hard’ no deal Brexit because I don’t think it is within our economic and migrational interests. However, the Labour Party rejecting a *decent* Brexit deal (as proposed by Theresa May) is irritating British people as I believe they just want to get on with Brexit and focus more on domestic policy. The draft Withdrawal Agreement meets Labour’s 6 tests, with northern irelands economic interests being protected by the controversial backstop clause. But, senior labour party figures have branded these 6 tests ‘bollocks’ which I completely agree with, purely for the lack of scope and compromise set out within these tests. 

The most controversial opinion of all of this is that, I genuinely support the backstop, it is very important for Northern Ireland to be protected in the event of a lack of official trade policy which is agreed by both the EU and the UK. 

Labour’s first test is: Does it ensure a strong and collaborative future relationship with the EU?. They believe the withdrawal agreement doesn’t because ‘There is currently no guarantee that the UK will be able to maintain current levels of cooperation in a whole range of areas from science and technology to security and the environment under the Tories’ plan.’. I reject this analysis because the UK government is going to fund a rival system to Galileo which will allow the UK to further develop its space discovery analysis and not feel compelled to fund a supranational satellite system which has cost the UK government 1.2 billion pounds already.  

This is only one example of why I reject the Labour party’s analysis of the ‘failed’ Brexit deal. I strongly reject the notion set out by the pro-EU wing of the party that Brexit is going to make us ‘considerably’ poorer because we have the ability to trade on our own terms once we leave the EU (plus the roll over of some trade deals with some EU countries already) and build a stronger, independent future for the UK. However, I want to detach myself from the far right figures praising this type of Brexit because I don’t believe that we need to see Brexit as a positive thing to make the best of the situation, I believe we need to make a good job of Brexit purely for the children and adults of the future (like myself), this is another popular opinion taken by other ‘Lexiteers’ too. 

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