Dr Martin Parsons
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Martin co-led the vote leave campaign in Waveney, then one of the most marginal constituencies in the UK, helping achieve a leave majority of almost 17,000. Since then he has set out a positive vision for the UK after Brexit writing for Brexit Central - the main news analysis site for Brexit related news.
Martin believes we can get on better with other European countries as friends and neighbours, rather than being governed by the EU.

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Brexit and Ireland

12/7/2017

 

Irish Times (Dublin) 7th December 2017 (within 24 hours of publication the Irish government removed their objections to the UK and EU progressing to trade talks)

Over the past 20 years I have seen nothing but genuine warmth by British people towards the Irish. Our distrust of the EU has never been transferred to Ireland. Indeed, EU insistence that Ireland vote again after rejecting the Lisbon Treaty created much sympathy.
That is sadly now changing and being replaced in mainland Britain by rising anger at what is seen as Leo Varadkar’s unwarranted aggression. His proposals are viewed as violating our territorial integrity and seeking to subject us after Brexit to laws created in a foreign country and a court in a foreign land.
When Ireland became an independent, sovereign nation it rejected government by the UK and laws made by our parliament. It is therefore deeply disappointing that the Irish government of all people seems unable to understand this is exactly what the UK is doing by leaving the EU.
No-one wants a hard border. However, we find it incomprehensible that Mr Varadkar is now the main obstacle to the only thing which can prevent that between two independent sovereign countries – a free-trade agreement.
It is a tragedy that peace and goodwill built up over the last 20 years is being jeopardised this way.

 

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