- Government to make final offer to EU on Wednesday
- ‘A fair and reasonable compromise’ that all sides can agree
and build on
will tomorrow (wed) unveil a
new Brexit deal during his first Conservative Party Conference
speech as Prime Minister.
Mr Johnson is expected to tell the party faithful details of a
‘fair and reasonable compromise’ that all sides can agree and
build on.
After 70 days of negotiations, the fresh legal texts for the new
deal will be presented to Brussels tomorrow– but no10 officials
have made clear this will be the final offer.
The PM will use his speech to contrast his position with Jeremy
Corbyn’s policy of constant delay on Brexit
He is expected to say:
‘Voters are desperate for us to focus on their other priorities -
what people want, what leavers want, what remainers want, what
the whole world wants – is to move on.
‘That is why we are coming out of the EU on October 31. Let’s get
Brexit done -- we can, we must and we will.
‘Corbyn wants to turn the whole of 2020 – which should be a great
year for this country – into the chaos and cacophony of two more
referendums - a second referendum on Scottish independence, even
though the people of Scotland were promised that the 2014 vote
would be a once in a generation vote, and a second referendum on
the EU, even though we were promised that the 2016 vote would be
a once in a generation vote.
‘Can you imagine another three years of this? That is the Corbyn
agenda – stay in the EU beyond October 31, paying a billion
pounds a month for the privilege, followed by years of
uncertainty for business and everyone else.
‘My friends, I am afraid that after three and a half years people
are beginning to feel that they are being taken for fools. They
are beginning to suspect that there are forces in this country
that simply don’t want Brexit delivered at all. And if they turn
out to be right in that suspicion then I believe there will be
grave consequences for trust in democracy.
‘Let’s get Brexit done on October 31 so in 2020 our country can
move on.’
Ahead of the submission of the legal texts, officials have made
it clear that if Brussels does not engage with the offer made
tomorrow, then this Government will not negotiate further until
we have left the EU. They also made it clear that the Prime
Minister will in no circumstances negotiate a delay at the EU
Council on 17-18 October.
A Senior Number 10 official said:
‘The Government is either going to be negotiating a new deal or
working on no deal — nobody will work on delay. We will keep
fighting to respect the biggest democratic vote in British
history. The EU is obliged by EU law only to negotiate with
member state governments, they cannot negotiate with Parliament,
and this government will not negotiate delay.’
