Conservatives seek to force Labour to put Britain first in negotiations with the EU
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Today [Tuesday 13th May] the Conservative Party will force a vote
in Parliament on Labour's plans to betray Brexit. Holding
their latest Opposition Day debate, the Conservatives will put
forward a motion that states “the Conservative Party stands by the
2016 referendum decision to leave the European Union and calls on
the government to stand by that by that decision at the summit with
the EU.” The vote will also seek to force Labour to commit
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Today [Tuesday 13th May] the Conservative Party will force a vote in Parliament on Labour's plans to betray Brexit. Holding their latest Opposition Day debate, the Conservatives will put forward a motion that states “the Conservative Party stands by the 2016 referendum decision to leave the European Union and calls on the government to stand by that by that decision at the summit with the EU.” The vote will also seek to force Labour to commit to not: · Reopen free movement through a pan-European youth mobility scheme or accepting compulsory European asylum transfers. · Create dynamic alignment between the UK and EU, accepting foreign regulations · Accept further oversight from the European Court · Join the the EU's Carbon Tax Scheme, leading to higher energy bills for families and businesses · Surrender our fishing rights · Pay new money to the European Union · Weaken NATO as the cornerstone of European security with any defence pact The motion also demands that Labour commit to putting any final UK-EU agreement to a full vote in the House of Commons. This vote follows mounting concern that Labour intends to reverse key elements of Brexit. Chief among the fears is Labour's plan to reintroduce Free Movement by the back door by signing a Youth Mobility Agreement with the EU—an arrangement confirmed as under consideration by senior minister and EU reset chief, Nick Thomas-Symonds MP. This could allow unlimited numbers of young people to come to Britain from countries such as Romania or Bulgaria, where youth unemployment levels are far higher than the UK, and salaries are lower. Reports also suggest the government is ready to trade away Britain's fishing rights, betraying coastal communities. There is growing unease over Labour's willingness to entangle Britain in a formal EU defence agreement—undermining our sovereign role in NATO and weakening national security. Unless Labour backs this motion in full, they will confirm what many fear: that they cannot put British interests first in any negotiations and their agenda is to dismantle Brexit, bit by bit, behind closed doors. At the weekend Kemi Badenoch wrote to the EU Ambassador Pedro Serrano setting out the Party's position, including its 5 tests on Brexit, and warning that any future Conservative government would reverse any deal which broke her five Brexit tests.
Today, the Conservative Party's Shadow Cabinet unanimously pledged to oppose any erosion of UK sovereignty and to safeguard every gain secured through Brexit. Priti Patel MP, Shadow Foreign Secretary, said: “Labour cannot be trusted with our Brexit freedoms. Keir Starmer and many of his Cabinet spent years campaigning to reverse the referendum and this so-called reset is the first stage in their mission to betray Brexit. “From day one Keir Starmer has been plotting behind closed doors to undo the democratic mandate of the Brexit vote and surrender control of our laws and key sovereign matters to the EU. When Labour negotiates, Britain loses and the deal they want to agree will open our borders and force Britian to be an EU law-taker. “The Conservative Party delivered Brexit and that is why we are putting our five tests on protecting Brexit to a vote in Parliament. If Labour won't back our motion, then the British people will know that Labour are hellbent on betraying Britain, Brexit and democracy.” ENDS Notes to Editors The full text of the Conservative Party's motion is as follows: UK-EU Summit That this House recognises that the Conservative Party stands by the 2016 referendum decision to leave the European Union, and calls on the Government to stand by that decision at the summit with the EU on 19 May, to put our national interest first and not to betray Brexit, as members of the Cabinet have previously done by campaigning for a second referendum, by giving control over the United Kingdom's borders to the European Union, for example by re-introducing free movement through a pan-European youth mobility scheme or accepting compulsory asylum transfers, or by creating dynamic alignment between the United Kingdom and the European Union, or by submitting the United Kingdom to further oversight from the European Court of Justice, or by joining the European Union's carbon tax scheme which will lead to higher energy bills, and to stand by the will of the British people by ensuring that no new money is paid to the European Union, that there is no reduction in our fishing rights, that NATO remains the foundation of European security, and that the United Kingdom can continue to undertake strategic and defence agreements with non-EU partners, calls on the Government not to use this summit as a distraction from its damaging domestic policies such as restricting winter fuel payments, or its chaotic economic policies which have led to higher taxes, higher inflation, and higher unemployment; and further calls on the Government to put the negotiated outcome to a vote in the House of Commons.
The Conservatives 5 tests on Brexit are: 1. No backsliding on free movement or compulsory asylum transfers 2. No new money paid to the EU 3. No reduction in our fishing rights 4. No rule taking, dynamic alignment or European Court jurisdiction 5. No compromise on the primacy of NATO as the cornerstone of European security
Labour have never believed in Brexit and sought to reverse the decision:
Labour are betraying Brexit. Labour would:
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