Ignore the will of the people at your peril, WARNS THE DAILY EXPRESS
TODAY, the Daily Express asks every MP sitting at Westminster one simple question: whom do you serve? Our elected representatives in the House of Commons this afternoon begin a series of crunch votes on Theresa May’s Brexit plans.
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The Prime Minister’s EU (Withdrawal) Bill was supposed to be a straightforward piece of legislation cancelling Britain’s membership of the European bloc and smoothing the legal path towards a proud, independent future.
Instead, the Bill has been emasculated beyond recognition by the ermine-clad inhabitants of the House of Lords.
Unelected Remain-backing peers, many enjoying lavish Brussels pensions, have transformed the Bill into a device for diluting and potentially delaying Brexit.
Some clauses added by the Lords have even been drafted in the hope that the departure process can still be averted. One even has the cheek to demand a “meaningful vote” by Parliament before the country finally leaves the EU.
Any betrayal of Brexit will not be forgotten the next time the general election ballot boxes open
While peers might not have received the message, MPs know full well that a “meaningful vote” has already taken place.
It happened when 17.4million people chose for the country to break ties with Brussels in the biggest exercise in democracy in our history.
Since then, millions more who did not vote for Brexit in the 2016 referendum have come to the conclusion our national interest will be best served by delivering on that verdict and getting the job done.
MPs need to remember that meaningful vote when they decide which division lobby to walk into the Commons over the next 48 hours.
Their constituents will be watching the votes closely and any betrayal of Brexit will not be forgotten the next time the general election ballot boxes open.
Today the time has come for our elected representatives to decide: are you or are you not the servants of the people?