Theresa May has given a statement from No. 10 Downing Street, she told the British public that “I’m on your side” and it is “high time MPs made a decision over Brexit.”
May said Brexit is what “I am determined” to deliver, it appears that May is doubling down on her strategy has not changed.
She is not prepared to delay Brexit any longer than 30 June, the fact we are not leaving on the 29 March “is a matter is of great personal regret to me.”
She is not prepared to delay Brexit any longer than 30 June, the fact we are not leaving on the 29 March “is a matter is of great personal regret to me.”
May blamed MPs for failing to agree to her terms, and to implement the 2016 referendum, the prime minister believes voters want to Brexit to be over.
May said, “Of this, I am absolutely sure, you the public have had enough.
“You are tired of the infighting, you’re tired of the political games and the arcane procedural rows, tired of MPs talking about nothing else but Brexit when you have real concerns about our children’s schools, our National Health Service, knife crime.
“You want this stage of the Brexit process to be over and done with. I agree. I am on your side. It is now time for MPs to decide.”
“So far Parliament has done everything possible to avoid making a choice.
“Motion after motion and amendment after amendment has been tabled without Parliament ever deciding what it wants. All MPs have been willing to say is what they do not want.”
Earlier today May wrote to European Union Council President Donald Tusk, asking for a delay of the EU withdrawal until 30 June.
Dominic Grieve, Conservative MP and who is a pro-second referendum and former attorney general said to Sky News, “It’s very much repeated what she’d said in the House of Commons at PMQs” on Wednesday.
“I regret her tone because it’s a very aggressive one towards the House of Commons…
“While I can appreciate her frustration… I think to attack and denigrate the severely held views of MPs… is a mistake, and I can’t see how that’s going to be to her advantage.”
MPs took to Twitter to criticise Theresa May, Henry Smith MP said:
To paraphrase the Prime Minister tonight: “People want us to just get on with Brexit…so I’m seeking to delay Brexit by a further three months”. 108 times she said Britain was leaving the EU on 29 March, so how are we rely on 30 June? By law deliver Brexit a week Friday please.
— Henry Smith MP 🇬🇧 (@HenrySmithUK) March 20, 2019
Sam Gyimah MP said:
Resorting to the 'blame game' as the PM is doing is a low blow. Democracy loses when a PM who has set herself against the HoC then blames MPs for doing their job. Distracts from Art 50 extension, all part of her strategy to run down the clock and rule out other options. Toxic.
— Sam Gyimah (@SamGyimah) March 20, 2019
Andrea Jenkyns MP said on Twitter:
As usual another statement saying very little. PM says she regrets having to delay. Then don't do it! It is in the Prime Minister’s power to ensure we leave on the 29th, regardless of what Parliament suggests. She just needs to get on with it and deliver.
— Andrea Jenkyns MP #StayAlertSaveLives (@andreajenkyns) March 20, 2019
Daniel Hannan said:
Who set the date of 29 March? Theresa May.
Who wrote to cancel it? Theresa May.— Daniel Hannan (@DanielJHannan) March 20, 2019
Conor Burns of Bournemouth West said on Twitter:
What was actually the point of that?
— Conor Burns (@ConorBurnsUK) March 20, 2019
The UK is set to leave the EU in nine days on the 29 March, unless the 27 EU leaders all agree to the extension.
Tusk said that the EU would agree to a short extension, only if the deal is signed off by British MPs next week.
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