Matthew Teller · @matthewteller
14th Dec 2018 from TwitLonger
I wrote to my MP urging support for revocation of A50. She wrote back saying, "I think it's important to remember that there are a very wide range of views on Brexit." Yeah, thanks for that. She added a compilation of things other constituents had written to her. Here they are:
“I would encourage you to support the Prime Minister in both her job and her proposed deal, and to be an advocate for the message that Brexit was always, by necessity, going to be a compromise for us all.”
“The whole Brexit campaign has been a shameful farce. A People's Vote is the only honourable way to deal with the present mess and I would very much doubt that the majority of the country would still want to vote Leave.”
“I voted Remain in 2016 but I fully respect the result of the referendum. I just wanted the Government to get on and deliver a sensible Brexit. I was hopeful that Theresa May’s (PM at time of writing) attempts to get a good deal for Britain would be successful. Now we know what the deal looks like I simply can’t believe that this deal is good for our country. We are giving up our role as a leader in Europe whilst many of the benefits promised by the Leave campaign are not going to happen.”
“I am appalled and despairing of this withdrawal deal. It is not what I voted for…I am sick and tired of remainders [sic] agitating for another referendum, this would be the wrong kind of democracy.”
“As one of your constituents I am emailing to ask you to not vote down the current Brexit deal. As someone who wishes we were remaining in the EU, this deal is far from what I have been hoping for, but it is better than a no deal brexit.”
“You all need to get a grip and deliver what you were told to do by the electorate by the biggest turnout in a century, a lot more support than any of you in Parliament got, or, are ever likely to get.”
“With the Withdrawal Agreement, we finally have an idea of what life outside the European Union would be like. No such document was presented to the public before the referendum. As such…we cannot use the result of the referendum as consent for this plan.”
“I would urge all your MPs not to pursue a change of leadership at this crucial time. I am not a natural Conservative voter, but do feel Mrs May has worked tirelessly for the best solution that follows as closely as is possible the wishes of the majority in the referendum. To change leadership at this time will only do harm both to the country as a whole, and especially to the continuity of the crucial Brexit negotiations.”
“In my opinion it was always going to be tough as all 17.2m who voted Leave had their own vision of perfect Brexit and it was never going to be possible to meet all expectations. The PM seems to be an exemplary extremely hard working and capable person with conscience that others in the Conservative party should admire and not criticise.”
“I never thought leaving the EU was a good idea, however I have studied the prime minister’s deal and believe it is something I could live with. I don’t think it is as good as our current arrangements, but it is sensible and protects business and peace in Northern Ireland. I would urge you to support if you believe we have to leave the EU. Personally I would rather see a referendum so that the public can decide between the deal or remaining.”
“The people voted and democracy delivered a result. Since article 50 was triggered we found our future in the hands of politicians both in Westminster and Brussels carrying out an impossible task of negotiating an exit which keeps all parties happy.”
“I know a lot of people in our area voted Leave in 2016 but we are now heading for a Brexit that only the deranged could have voted for. It has already and will continue to make us far poorer and damage the prospects of our industries and our young people, who will be denied the freedom to travel and work across 28 countries.”
“Given the current situation (which is a proposal which pleases no-one) and the fact that most of what the leave campaign promised prior to the initial referendum having since been proven to be incorrect. I feel the only democratic way out of the mess is a second referendum.”
“I can't believe that now we're on the precipice of "it" that our Government is still proceeding despite every single one of the possible benefits thrown about carelessly by leave having been well and truly exposed as outright lies.”
“PLEASE PLEASE SUPPORT A PEOPLES VOTE. The repeated references to the results of the previous referendum being a majority is a falsehood - a huge swaths of voters at that time were hoodwinked into voting for a fantasy”
“What a lady! The pressure she has had to take is being recognised in the Country and in true British fashion we are happy to compromise on withdrawal from the EU. I voted leave but why risk everything for the unknown?”
“I'm sure that if [the Prime Minister] ultimately loses the vote, there will be many that join the cry for a second referendum. As a barrister, I'm sure that you are well aware of the danger of asking a question in court to which you do not know the answer. There are many pitfalls in the vote: what happens if the turnout drops from 75% to 60% because the weather is bad, or people decide there's no point because the establishment won't listen to them anyway, and Remain wins by 2% but with a numerical vote less than either their previous vote or that of the original Brexit vote? If many voters struggled with a binary decision previously, how much more easily will it be if they'd given the choice between 2 or more options? And of course, what happens if voters are so 'stupid and bigoted' to vote again for Brexit against the advice of their 'betters'? Now what do our MPs do?”