Brexit isn’t about making the best of a bad job.
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But it was sacked former Conservative Education Secretary Nicky Morgan who pointed out that “two words” were missing from the statement – Single Market and whether the United Kingdom would remain part of it.
“It is very hard to imagine that all Japanese companies – including the auto companies – will be pulling out in totality from United Kingdom, because the United Kingdom economy will be here and vibrant and it will be a good market for auto manufacturers to continue to sell their cars”.
Even key Leaver Iain Duncan Smith – while supporting the Government’s strategy – admitted the determination to deliver Brexit in some form was “the one specific” given.
But as Davis read out his 12-minute speech, Labour MPs chanted “waffle waffle waffle” – and when he sat down, the SNP’s Pete Wishart shouted: “Is that it?”
“As the prime minister has made clear, there will be no attempt to stay in the European Union by the back door”, Davis said, ruling out any suggestion there will be a second referendum to undo the first, which “Leavers” won by nearly 52 percent.
Chairman of Migration Watch UK Lord Green of Deddington said: “The issue is confidence in the government’s intention to reduce immigration from the EU”.
Many business leaders argue differently, worrying that a crucial common framework for trading regulations will be lost outside the Single Market.
“Prime Minister Abe requested her cooperation to enhance predictability and to continue to secure Japanese companies’ businesses and value chains”, Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.
Mrs May said: “The system is being abused”.
May revealed that in her meetings India, Mexico, South Korea and Singapore all said they would “welcome” talks on removing trade barriers. However, as the premier has said many times in the past, a points-based system will not work and is not an option.
Britain’s new government, under Prime Minister Theresa May, has so far given little detail of what the country wants when it leaves the European Union, saying it was focusing on preparing its negotiating stance for when it triggers the divorce procedure.
“Brexit must mean Brexit and it is up to every red-blooded democrat, no matter which side they were on before the result was known, to accept the clear electoral verdict and to pull together to deliver it as best we can”, said John Penrose, a Conservative politician.
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Earlier Mr Farage, a leading Brexit campaigner, told Sky News the idea of a points-based system had “caught the public’s imagination” during the referendum campaign and Mrs May’s comments “look like backsliding”. “It hasn’t been a strategy, it hasn’t been a thought-out plan, it’s just been more empty platitudes”, she said.
