How Theresa can silence her critics on Brexit

by danielbarker on 6 January, 2017

I’m not normally into helping out sitting Tory Prime Ministers, but I’m starting to feel a little sorry for Theresa, so I’ll give it a go! On the one hand she has been criticised for making unrealistic promises about when Brexit can be achieved; on the other she has been criticised most recently by the Economist for being indecisive. What I think she should be doing is taking a lead on the most important issue of Brexit; the UK’s membership of the Single European Market.

If she were to come out now and see that her starting position is that the UK remains part of the single European Market, but the fine details will be sorted out over time, she would be able to satisfy her officials need for time to negotiate a successful outcome, and at the same time show decisiveness that will reassure the markets and businesses investing in the UK.

The problem is (and the reason why she won’t show such decisiveness) is that she is afraid that any necessary compromise regarding freedom of movement will be greeted with a backlash by the right wing within her own party and will allow UKIP to come back from the slow political decline they appear to be suffering.

In other words, Tory leaders are putting politics before the UK economy. No surprises there!

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