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Peter Mandelson joins Brexiters in attack on May’s EU ‘humiliation’
theguardian.com ^ | July 14, 2018 | Toby Helm

Posted on 07/14/2018 3:37:34 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper

Britain’s former trade commissioner in Brussels, Lord Mandelson, is making common cause with hardline, anti-EU Tories, saying Theresa May’s latest Brexit blueprint would lead to “national humiliation” and leave the country in a worse position than if it turned its back on the entire European economic system.

In an extraordinary intervention that shows that even the most ardent Remainers in parliament find the plans unacceptable, the Labour peer says the plans would deliver “the polar opposite of taking back control”, and would mean “the EU would ultimately call the shots, not just now but indefinitely”.

Writing in the Observer – as a new Opinium poll shows support for the Tories has haemorraghed and backing for Ukip has soared since the plans were agreed by the cabinet 10 days ago – Mandelson writes: “Britain, in effect, would be entrapped and the more you think through the implications the more the whole thing looks less like a soft Brexit than a national humiliation.

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TOPICS: United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: brexit

1 posted on 07/14/2018 3:37:34 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Expose Theresa May as the traitor to England, she is.


2 posted on 07/14/2018 3:57:42 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (Trump: "Families of American citizens murdered by illegals are permanently separated from them!)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

If Brexit is to truly happen, the Brits need to have a strong-Brexit supporting Prime Minister. Theresa May is a Remain girl and is trying to implement a faux-Brexit. She needs to be replaced.


3 posted on 07/14/2018 3:58:03 PM PDT by Repeal 16-17 (Let me know when the Shooting starts.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Easiest BRexit... just #WalkAway


4 posted on 07/14/2018 4:03:46 PM PDT by SauronOfMordor (Socialists want YOUR wealth redistributed, never THEIRS!)
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