Whilst we should not have any fear of the purists version of a no deal Brexit, the painful reality is that without a Brexit-majority of MPs in Parliament, there would not be the will to weather the inevitable challenges and storm that would follow immediately after we Leave.
With the cold-hard-reality of an otherwise avoidable chaos staring real people directly in the face, this fearful Remain-collective-Opposition that we will have until at least the time of the next General Election would be then almost certain to succeed in taking the UK straight back in.
Whilst Boris’ proposed deal includes red-flagging words like alignment and suggests a more complicated approach to a relationship with the EU and its Members than those of us focused on the benefits of complete Independence might like, the murmurings this morning suggest that if the EU and Ireland can work with it, there could within days be the Parliamentary numbers to actually get this form of Brexit done.
The overall benefit that all genuine Brexiteers should now at least try to understand and accept with Boris’ deal if they possibly can, is that with majority support in Parliament for this form of Exit from the EU when it actually happens, Leaving with a ‘deal’ – which is itself is only a direction of travel rather than the permanent sellout that Theresa May’s deal was – will mean that the momentum has moved clearly away from the existing Parliamentarians who are so obsessed with rubbishing any form of Brexit, in order to Remain.
Leaving with this deal would then provide the opportunity at the next General Election to focus attention on the damage that over three years of obstruction in Parliament and the actions of the Remain-collective-opposition has done to our democracy and constitution. We will have the opportunity to really begin thinking about how the whole system operates, recruits the people the people who become our politicians and above all, how it must now be reformed.
The political terrain today simply does not lend itself to the practical realities of Leaving the EU on a no deal basis on day 1 and then keeping the UK out.
For this reason and this reason alone, any Brexiteer suggesting that it would be better to hold out until they get every little thing they wanted – if a deal like this should prove acceptable to the EU and Ireland – is simply putting their own political ambitions first rather than being prepared to take the steps that in these circumstances are likely to be the best for everyone.
Just as UKIP and it’s forerunners cause was over the moment that the European Referendum in June 2016 was won, the Brexit Party needs to do the decent thing and accept that if Boris secures this deal as a pathway to Leave the EU that the UK can then at anytime walk away from, the job that their members and candidates signed up for will have already been done.
Adam Tugwell 