The EU has postponed its big “reset” summit with the UK because it thinks Andy Burnham will be an even softer touch than Keir Starmer when it comes to selling out Brexit. We won’t let them get away with it.
Brexit was an earthquake in British politics, triggered 10 years ago when millions of ordinary voters defied the orders of the political establishment by voting Leave. It changed the political landscape for good.
Above all, it exposed the gap between patriotic British voters and the unpatriotic Westminster parties. The Conservatives and Labour proved unwilling to accept the democratic vote and were unable to properly implement Brexit. They decided that 17.4 million Leave voters were idiots, and that a few hundred Remainer MPs and Lords really knew what was best.
As a direct result of this betrayal, the old two-party system collapsed. As the old outfits struggled to cope with the aftershocks, we went through six prime ministers in seven years. I personally saw off four of them - Cameron, May, Sunak and now Starmer. We’ll soon be on our seventh. And if Andy Burnham heeds my demand for an early election, we’ll be on number eight shortly after that.
The old political certainties are gone. In 2019, Labour’s Red Wall turned Tory blue as voters tried to get Brexit done. It turned red again in 2024 as they punished the Tories for their betrayal. And now, in two straight local elections, it has turned turquoise as voters back Reform UK to deliver the changes the other parties won’t.
People voted Leave because they wanted to take back control of Britain’s borders, laws and money. They wanted less immigration and fewer regulations. The fact these things have not been delivered is not a failure of Brexit. It is a shameful betrayal by the political class.
It is now clear that the next general election will be a straight contest between the visions of Britain put forward by Burnham’s Labour and Reform UK. So, what can you expect if the people grant me the privilege to serve as their prime minister?
I will finally do the job that nobody in the establishment was up to - making Brexit work. I will wipe EU regulation from the statute book. We will quit the European Convention on Human Rights that lets EU courts override our parliament. We will once again make our own laws. And we will secure and defend Britain’s borders - the mark of a sovereign nation.
We will scrap Net Zero targets and use the North Sea to give British homes and businesses affordable and secure energy. We will stand up for coastal and rural communities abandoned by parties that care more about the views of EU officials than British farmers and fishermen. And we will create a better future for Northern Ireland as a proud part of our United Kingdom.
Standing in Parliament Square at 11pm on 31st January 2020, when Brexit passed into law, I called it the greatest moment in the modern history of our great nation. I meant every word.
Only Reform UK will deliver on the promise of 2016 and make Britain a sovereign nation whose government’s sole concern is to serve the people.
(This is a slightly edited version of an article published in the Daily Express on 24th June.)
Brexit was an earthquake in British politics, triggered 10 years ago when millions of ordinary voters defied the orders of the political establishment by voting Leave. It changed the political landscape for good.
Above all, it exposed the gap between patriotic British voters and the unpatriotic Westminster parties. The Conservatives and Labour proved unwilling to accept the democratic vote and were unable to properly implement Brexit. They decided that 17.4 million Leave voters were idiots, and that a few hundred Remainer MPs and Lords really knew what was best.
As a direct result of this betrayal, the old two-party system collapsed. As the old outfits struggled to cope with the aftershocks, we went through six prime ministers in seven years. I personally saw off four of them - Cameron, May, Sunak and now Starmer. We’ll soon be on our seventh. And if Andy Burnham heeds my demand for an early election, we’ll be on number eight shortly after that.
The old political certainties are gone. In 2019, Labour’s Red Wall turned Tory blue as voters tried to get Brexit done. It turned red again in 2024 as they punished the Tories for their betrayal. And now, in two straight local elections, it has turned turquoise as voters back Reform UK to deliver the changes the other parties won’t.
People voted Leave because they wanted to take back control of Britain’s borders, laws and money. They wanted less immigration and fewer regulations. The fact these things have not been delivered is not a failure of Brexit. It is a shameful betrayal by the political class.
It is now clear that the next general election will be a straight contest between the visions of Britain put forward by Burnham’s Labour and Reform UK. So, what can you expect if the people grant me the privilege to serve as their prime minister?
I will finally do the job that nobody in the establishment was up to - making Brexit work. I will wipe EU regulation from the statute book. We will quit the European Convention on Human Rights that lets EU courts override our parliament. We will once again make our own laws. And we will secure and defend Britain’s borders - the mark of a sovereign nation.
We will scrap Net Zero targets and use the North Sea to give British homes and businesses affordable and secure energy. We will stand up for coastal and rural communities abandoned by parties that care more about the views of EU officials than British farmers and fishermen. And we will create a better future for Northern Ireland as a proud part of our United Kingdom.
Standing in Parliament Square at 11pm on 31st January 2020, when Brexit passed into law, I called it the greatest moment in the modern history of our great nation. I meant every word.
Only Reform UK will deliver on the promise of 2016 and make Britain a sovereign nation whose government’s sole concern is to serve the people.
(This is a slightly edited version of an article published in the Daily Express on 24th June.)
