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By any reasonable measure, it is pretty outrageous that MP’s could back a Norway style deal.
Freedom of movement still allowed? Really
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There is no regard in Parliament for the will of the people - people voted for Brexit for control of our own destiny, our own borders, our own laws.
No one voted for Brexit expecting a deal to involve continued freedom of movement, in fact, both main parties agreed to end it.
As usual it’s the political elite saying fuck you to voters. We’ll do what we want, not what you voted for.
Freedom of movement still allowed? Really
?There is no regard in Parliament for the will of the people - people voted for Brexit for control of our own destiny, our own borders, our own laws.
No one voted for Brexit expecting a deal to involve continued freedom of movement, in fact, both main parties agreed to end it.
As usual it’s the political elite saying fuck you to voters. We’ll do what we want, not what you voted for.
I missed the referendum where people had so much choice - didn't people just vote to leave?
You think people that voted to leave wanted to retain EU controls/law making?
They voted to leave and that clearly involved ending freedom of movement. The polls indicated that was what people wanted and the main stream parties adopted that policy. There really wasn’t any grey area in that respect.
Every person that voted leave that I have spoken to was clear that us taking control was what they wanted.
The idea that free movement of people should be an option beggars belief.
Many people, such as Jacob Rees-Mogg (for example) have long had a problem with Parliamentary sovereignty being replaced by EU sovereignty - that's why a lot of people voted leave.
I just had a look at opinion polls - they suggest that half* of those who voted for leave did so because of immigration.
So if less than 9 million people have a problem with freedom of movement in the EU and well over 50 million people don't - to me that doesn't seem too unreasonable for it to be an option.
*about 48% mentioned it - only about a third said it was the important reason.
Opinion polls show that around 70% of the whole population think that immigration has been too high and should be reduced/controlled.
That’s the reason why both parties adopted policies to end unlimited freedom of movement.
I have no problem with controlled immigration on our terms for the good of our country. Uncontrolled freedom of movement is not what people want and should not be an option for MPs in Brexit votes.
There's no such thing as uncontrolled freedom of movement.
