TIME FOR 'NO DEAL' TO TAKE CENTRE STAGE.

Today, there is to be yet another attempt to stop Brexit from happening at a gathering presided over by three of yesterday's people.

David Miliband, when he was rejected by the Labour Party in a leadership fight won by his brother, abandoned the UK for a lucrative job in the United States; Nick Clegg was ignominiously rejected by the constituents of his former Sheffield constituency and Nicky Morgan, after a less than sparkling ministerial career, was sacked from her role as Education Secretary by Theresa May.

This unholy trinity are all ardent 'remainers, determined to try to stop the UK from ever leaving the European Union in any meaningful way. They want the UK to stay within the, or some form of, customs' union and also the single market, an approach which would see the UK be subservient to the EU while having no voice at all over its decision making. In effect, it would prevent Brexit from happening and the UK's position vis-à-vis the rest of the world would be even worse than it is now.

The only reasons that this bunch of losers has any audience are that the broadcast media largely opposes Brexit and that the UK's government has yet to state its own position on the future trade relationship with the EU. While various alternatives have been touted, there has been no agreement within the Cabinet and the EU has basically rejected every suggestion out of hand; they continually refer to the Irish border and, more recently, Gibraltar, as 'problems which must be resolved. Indeed, on the question of Gibraltar, it seems that the Spanish government has been given an effective veto over whatever the UK puts forward unless there is an agreement to substantially increase Spanish influence and control over that enclave.

The EU needs a deal every bit, possibly more, than does the UK. It is long passed time that the UK government took the bull by the horns and told the EU that enough is enough. As has been said many times by all and sundry, 'nothing is agreed until everything is agreed' and the EU is desperate for our money, not to mention our continuing trade. If the EU continues to be unwilling to accept what the UK proposes and continues to do all that it can to put obstacles in the way of a sensible agreement, then the UK has only one option left.

'No deal is better than a bad deal', so NO DEAL it must be, whatever Miliband, Clegg and Morgan might say.

LEAVING EU IS THE ONLY OPTION.

Two senior Conservatives have come out in support of the UK's continued membership of the European Union.

Former minister Nick Herbert claims that leaving this egregious political bloc would be a "jump into the void", while the Education Secretary, Nicky Morgan, is reported to have said that it would "cut the country off from the rest of the world and limit the freedom of young people to study and find jobs in the European Union".

What is this other than scaremongering ? Why do these Europhiles not tell us what the tangible benefits of membership are, rather than attempting to scare us with vague, unsupported and frankly risible remarks that are devoid of any actual content ? The simple fact is that remaining in the European Union will bring still more rules and regulations which stifle innovation; it will bring, regardless of anything that the Europhiles say, the 'ever closer union' so beloved of Europe's predominantly socialist leaders and the UK will inevitably be encompassed by it; it will continue to bring, inevitably, vast flows of population from poorer nations to the UK, leading to enormous social pressures and ultimately to civil strife. The UK will find itself ever-more subservient to the will of the Brussels (and Strasbourg, given the imbecilic dual arrangements that exist) executive, to European foreign policy, social policy, monetary policy, economic policy and so on.

Pro-Europeans such as Nick Herbert and Nicky Morgan say nothing about any of this. They confine their campaigning to issuing statements designed to frighten sections of the population, rather than giving them any positive reasons to remain in the Union; the only possible reason for taking this approach is that they have no positive reasons to cite. Remaining in the European Union is a protectionist policy while leaving it would be a clear indicator that the UK is genuinely open for business with the rest of the world.

The only conclusion is that the UK should, indeed must, leave.