BREXIT

But some Remainers privately see a transition as a way of thwarting Brexit, possibly by putting the UK into a holding pattern close to the EU until voters realise that the “Norway option” leaves Britain in the worst of all worlds. Matthew Parris, the former Conservative MP who is pro Remain, wrote in this week’s Spectator magazine that Brexiters were right to be worried. “Suspect a plot by my lot to procrastinate until you lot slip out of vogue,” he wrote. “Deadlines for any ‘transition’ can be put back until kingdom come. Allow us to lure you into these thickets and you lose.”

- from a recent article in the Financial Times

 

QUOTE OF THE MONTH

‘Protect and Encourage British Industry 

I would like to see a very liberal, low tax, enterprise economy internally, while allowing tariffs and protection externally. Once out of the EU, we would be free to raise tariffs to encourage our own business and put Britain first all the time. We would not tender abroad for government contracts. I would like an end to free-for-all globalisation and have a specific policy of putting everything British first.’

Anne Marie Waters, A Fair & Dynamic Economy (policy document published today)

At last, someone in UKIP is not terrified of tariffs!

What is not stated, is that the willingness to use tariffs makes the Brexit process very easy indeed, as Britain will no longer have to grovel to the EU in pursuit of free trade. We can just leave. However, Anne Marie Waters has not explained how she would approach the Brexit issue, nor has she set bringing Britain’s trade with the EU back into balance as an objective.