We held a referendum yesterday in which the people made clear they wish to stay in the EU. This is because new facts have emerged.<\/p>\n
First, the deal Theresa May was able to agree was not a \u201cgood deal\u201d. It was nothing like what Boris Johnson and other Leave campaigners promised in the previous 2016 referendum. Rather than \u00a3350 million a week coming our way, we would have paid you \u00a350 billion to settle our past bills. We were not able to have our cake and eat it, either. The deal would have meant less access to our most important market and we would have had to follow many of your rules without having a vote on them. Exactly the opposite of \u201ctaking back control\u201d.<\/p>\n
Second, our economy is already suffering. The Brexit-induced plunge in the pound has pushed up prices; investment has ground to a halt; and we have moved from being the fastest to the slowest growing economy in the Group of Seven large industrialised nations. And we have not even left. The British people do not want to be stuck in the slow lane as far as the eye can see.<\/p>\n
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Third, the Brexiters\u2019 \u201cglobal Britain\u201d mantra has been revealed as guff. The idea that we would become swashbuckling buccaneers like Sir Francis Drake is nonsense. Without the clout of the EU behind us, we saw that other big trading blocs would bully us. We would be powerless to stop China dumping its steel, America forcing chlorine-washed chicken down our throats and Apple refusing to pay a fair amount of tax.<\/p>\n
Fourth, the world\u2019s getting more dangerous. We had not expected Donald Trump to become US president and try to tear up the Paris climate agreement and the Iran nuclear deal \u00a0\u2013 or say Nato was obsolete. We had not expected terrorist attacks on British soil. We now know we are better able to face these dangers by working with Europe rather than turning our backs on it.<\/p>\n
Finally, we realise that the big migration challenge for the next generation is not free movement of people within Europe but the tens of millions of people on the move in Africa and Asia. They cannot get to America or Japan. Many want to come here. We need a joined-up policy \u2013 involving trade, aid, diplomacy and selective military action \u2013 to stabilise this region. We know we are much more likely to be successful if we work with the rest of Europe than pull up the drawbridge.<\/p>\n
This is a genuine change of heart. It is true that we\u2019re not in the eurozone or the border-free Schengen Area \u2013 and have no intention to join them. But we want to be fully involved in everything else. We want to help our European friends make the economy more dynamic by completing the single market. We want to manage globalisation so the benefits of technology and trade are shared fairly among all our people rather than increasing inequality. And we want to make Europe stronger and safer in this turbulent world.<\/p>\n
There is lots of work to do. Let\u2019s get cracking.<\/p>\n
Best wishes<\/p>\n
A. N. Other PM<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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