Craig disowns latest Brexit Committee report and says a managed No Deal must be an option

Craig Mackinlay MP has denounced the Exiting the EU Committee’s latest report as “more Project Fear from a group of MPs who do not want us to leave the EU”.

The South Thanet MP and leading Leave campaigner made the claims after the Committee published its response to the Commons vote on 15 January 2019 to reject the Prime Minister’s Withdrawal Agreement and Political Declaration on the Future Framework for Relations between the EU and the UK.

In their response, the Committee of MPs – the majority of whom backed Remain in the 2016 referendum – argued that a ‘managed no deal’ cannot constitute the policy of any responsible Government.

Craig Mackinlay MP commented:

“This is just more Project Fear from a group of MPs who have never wanted the UK to leave the EU.

“If the truth be known, what these MPs really want is for the outcome of the 2016 in/out referendum to be overturned.

“There was never any doubt that the draft Withdrawal Agreement would be rejected by the House of Commons because the deal on offer by the EU was a poor one and never passed scrutiny as the proper Brexit voted for by 17.4m people.

“The Plan B must now be for a comprehensive Free Trade Deal, often called the Canada Plus, that was offered in March last year and to finally put aside the non-issue of the Irish border.

“That said, a managed No Deal, trading under tried and tested World Trade Organisation terms, whilst suboptimal, unequivocally delivers Brexit.

“No business would enter into negotiations without being prepared to walk away.

“Losing the WTO Brexit option would only weaken our position and so it must be an option.”

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