The United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP or Ukip) may be on the comeback trail in the aftermath of British Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit plan, which is seen as a capitulation to the European Union.
May has been criticized for giving away the store, the farm, and the fisheries in the negotiations over exiting the EU, which won’t officially occur until March 29, 2019.
This turn of events prompted Brexiteers David Davis and Boris Johnson, along with several lesser known politicians, to quit May’s cabinet, which is a reflection of widespread opposition to May’s plan. (Unlike the U.S. system, U.K. cabinet members are separately elected on their own as parliamentarians, so quitting the government means that they still retain their seats in the House of Commons). Other Conservative Party officials have also resigned their positions in protest over May’s proposal.
From Breitbart London:
“It was at Chequers — the Prime Minister’s countryside retreat — on July 5th and 6th 2018 that May nailed her Brexit colours to the mast. Her proposals would see Britain effectively remain inside the EU’s Single Market for industrial goods and agricultural products forever. The country would sign up to a free trade area regulated by a so-called ‘common rulebook’ dictated by the European Court of Justice. It would remain subject to EU state aid rules and keep its employment, environment, consumer protection, and social regulations at least as stringent as the EU, and would also agree to collect customs duties on the EU’s behalf for goods destined for the bloc.”
Recall that on June 23, 2016, U.K. voters approved a referendum to exit the European Union and regain the country’s sovereignty. As leader of Ukip at the time, Nigel Farage is credited with compelling former Prime Minister David Cameron to reluctantly authorize the referendum in the first place.
Theresa May, Cameron’s successor as both Conservative Party leader and the country’s prime minister, is part of the globalist establishment that supported the Remain side, but she vowed to honor the will of the people. In was probably a precursor to what was to come when she dragged her feet about invoking Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, which was necessary to begin the EU divorce process.
What I know in my heart is that if @theresa_may stays as Prime Minister we will not get control back of our borders, our laws, our courts, and our money. It will be a fudge and leave us in a very bad place. pic.twitter.com/Lkpcvdvgoy read more