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Theresa May is 0 for 12 Point On Her Own Brexit Plan

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Art by Bart van Leeuwen

Two years ago, Theresa May set out her plan for Brexit. Since then Failure would be an over-kind word for her progress. Here it is.

1. Provide certainty about the process of leaving the EU.
  • Failed. We are more uncertain now about the process than we ever were.

2. Regain control over our own laws.
  • Failed. We never 'lost control' over our own laws.

3. Strengthen the Union between the four nations of the UK.
  • Failed. It's damaged. Scotland and Northern Ireland are being dragged out of Europe against their will by an unelected Westminster elite.

4. Maintain our common travel area with Ireland.
  • Irrelevant. This has never been under any threat since the Ireland Travel Laws in 1960s.

5. Control Immigration coming from the EU.
  • Irrelevant. We always had control, we just chose not to exercise it. Free Trade Agreements with non-EU nations will come with a price of increased Immigration from outside the EU, as already stated by India and Australia.

6. Guarantee rights for EU nationals in the UK and British nationals in the EU.
  • Failed. She is using EU nationals as bargain chips, threatening their right to stay and there have been no guarantees. Oh, and she's charging them £65 a person to stay in the own homes.

7. Protect Workers Rights.
  • Failed. Tory MPs have called for a 'Bonfire of EU Regulations on Workers Rights.' Liam Fox has called for Deregulation of the Labour Market. No guarantees have been made.

8. Establish Free Trade with EU markets through a Free Trade Agreement.
  • Failed. Free Trade comes with a price Theresa May has already stated the UK will not pay.

9. Establish Free Trade with EU markets through a Free Trade Agreement.
  • Failed. Actually, not started as yet. And no guarantee they will be better than our current trading arrangements. 

10. Become the best place for Science and Innovation.
  • Failed. Scientists, especially those from the EU, and there are many, are leaving in droves. As are teachers.

11. Cooperate with the EU in the fight against Crime and Terrorism.
  • Failed. MI5/MI6 heads state Brexit will harm our ability to cooperate.

12. Implement a phased approach to deliver a smooth and orderly Brexit.
  • Failed in every way possible one could imagine. This is neither smooth nor orderly, it is chaotic and brutal.

So how did Theresa May score ? 0 for 12.