Lichfield and Burntwood’s MP says he is firmly behind keeping a no deal Brexit option on the table.
Michael Fabricant’s comments come after MPs launched a bid to prevent the country leaving the European Union without a deal on 31st October.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said he will call a snap General Election if the vote succeeds.
Mr Fabricant said: “If the Speaker bends the rules again and allows a vote on whether or not to make a No Deal Brexit unlawful, I shall wholeheartedly support the Government.
“As Theresa May has said in the past ‘you have to keep a no deal Brexit on the table in order to negotiate a good deal’.
“The only MPs trying to tie the hands of the Government are the opposition – because that’s what they do – and a few Conservative MPs who never really believed in Brexit in the first place.
“Boris Johnson won the overwhelming support of Conservative MPs and Party Members just a few weeks’ ago on the firm commitment to leave the EU on 31st October 31.
“We have waited long enough for this and I will not be one to thwart this.”
Michael Fabricant: What’s your solution to the Irish border problem? Technology? No-one voted for a No Deal Brexit. And besides which, Johnson has not been negotiating because the negotiations are over. Everyone knows it. Why do you spout nonsense and pretend that there is a different deal to be had? No Deal Brexit takes the UK back to square one but catastrophically worse. Absolute bunkum. And we haven’t heard you say a word about the supposed benefits of Brexit. Because there aren’t any. Dishonesty and bad Tory policies caused Brexit. A bunch of exploiter MPs and tax avoiding media barons. Business people like Dyson. Where’s he gone to? Tim Martin of Wetherspoons too. Brexit is the work of a dark set of people who have conned people into believing there is something to be had. There is but it’s far worse than any of them could possibly imagine. You should hang your head in shame. Because you and the Brexiter MPs are not acting in the best interest of people or country. Millions are suffering due to bad government. Almost all of our problems including austerity are caused by our own government. Nothing to do with the EU.
EU are adamant that the backstop is non negotiable. I believe that B.J. wants a no deal anyway.
People who voted Leave did not vote for a no deal. Let the people decide now we are all much wiser.
Says the man who wont be affected by Brexit one tiny bit.
The arrogance is unbelieveable, almost half of the country written off as “remoaners”, the house speaker criticised for doing his job, and enthusing that yet another PM voted in by a tiny minority of tory members will be the best option for us all by crashing out of the EU into the WTO an organisation of unelected regulators, but dont you dare criticise it, oh no because Michael knows what is best for his buddies.
History will show this for what it is eventually, political engineering to destroy the machine of state and to create markets with little or no regulation all for the profit of the very few.
Scumbag.
Given how long Fabricant has been an MP he should know that Johnson cannot unilaterally called a ‘snap general election,’ it requires the accent of parliament.
The speaker doesn’t bend the rules, the speaker is an entire department within parliament whom exists to ensure the rules are applied and applied correctly, just because they don’t do things the way you think they should be done, kind of implies the government are bending the rules.
Johnson is in power due to a tiny amount of people, he has no mandate, no-deal has no mandate, in fact it was emphatically ruled out by Brexiters until it became inconvenient to do so.
You’ll vote with the government? Well colour me shocked, I refer to a paragraph from a 2017 article:
“What was wanted on a day like this were weak and servile MPs to show up the strength and stability of Kim Jong-May. Step forward Michael Fabricant, a man whose only known talent is for sycophancy.”
Lets hope we can all have a NO FABRICANT LICHFIELD – I’d vote for that !
RTE confirmed the EU have had NO further talks about the Irish border or indeed anything else. There is no other deal except May or rescind A50. Fabbo ‘mispeaking’?
It looks like the scenario will be a defeat for the government followed by a general election. Where will that leave us and where will be the balance of power? The reality is that remainers are not interested in an agreement they realy want us to remain in the EU. If it wasn’t the ‘backstop’ it would be something else. A General Election will lead to even greater right wing politics. After a decade and more of disastrous politics (I wish I had the stamina to list some of it) we now face more of the same. Cameron’s referendum was the catalyst for the mayhem that seemingly has no end.
“The reality is that remainers are not interested in an agreement they realy want us to remain in the EU.”
Well, duh!
Brexit was devised to make the wealthy like Fabricant and his cohorts richer, by remaining in the EU the UK would have to follow EU tax avoidance rules not Trump’s versions
Michael voted for Mays deal even though it was written in Brussels
He supports the combined local authority even though it is an EU initiative ,that could be due to Andy Street his partner being Mayor another pointless costly position
He supports the appointment of a police commissioner another level of unessacery level of burocracy.
And now his ultimate piece of wisdom leaving the EU without any kind of deal
Michael has once again proved to me what I already knew he’s not interested in his constituents he just blindly follows the leader
Yes we voted to leave ,I was one of them ,but I expected to be led out of the EU in an orderly fashion by a government that had a plan ,God knows they had long enough .
“The reality is that remainers are not interested in an agreement they realy want us to remain in the EU.”
To be honest, I was quite happy to see us go the way of Norway or Switzerland, but the Tories has to muddy the waters and go for the hardest Brexit possible (despite the fact that pretty much every big face of both leave campaigns saying we’d stay in the single market). To leave the single market and customs union is complete lunacy.
P.S to all those conservative voters who think Cummings is their saviour this is what he said two years ago
“Voters are right to think Tory MPs largely do not care about poorer people or the NHS”
He’s s career phycopath .
@GIF….. I voted out because I believe in having our own autonomy. Not being kept on a lead like much of the subsequent legislation amounts to. I really think that parliament has failed the democratic process. Many can’t see the consequences that might arise from this. A General Election is likely to produce still more fractured politics and further disenchante the electorate. If we had left the EU shortly after the referendum the probability is that things would be settled by now. The entrenched positions of both sides is probably now unresolvable. Three years of procrastination means that there will never be a consensus on this issue. A classic case of parliament fiddling while Britain burns. To restart the process the referendum result has to be enacted regardless of any other consideration. This would then give credulence to any future referendum that might seek to reverse that decision. It would start with the people and end with the people not the present situation where it is blocked by a parliament who delegated that decision to them at the outset.
@phillip I totally agree it’s a case of Tory arrogance in the first place thinking the public would vote to remain ,it’s been fudged ,hashed with no attempt to make a withdrawal plan that benefits anyone ,instead crating a great political farce ,that will continue for years.
The referendum wasn’t set in stone it was more a guideline as to where we wanted the government to take us in this case out of the EU if this is how a more direct form of democracy is implemented ,I have to ask are we a democracy at all ?
At this rate the Conservative party will only have about 17 MP’s by Friday…
When all the brexiteers are jobless I hope they will still not carp on about it being the remained fault. As for Fabricant you voted for him you get what you see
@Mike…. It is to be hoped that 17,500,000 will not be out of work or the support of a partner who was working. You make no mention of the remainers employment prospects, perhaps their loyalty (misguided or otherwise) will be recognised by the EU and they will be rewarded in some way. Presumably, since our balance of trade with the EU is to their advantage, their employment situation will be similarly effected. A good basis for some sort of deal you might think. My experience of Mr. Fabricant is that he is polite and attentive. Sadly he does nothing.
I do hope everyone is looking forward to Fabricant’s support of keeping no-deal on the table, and will remember his disaster-politics when we get a proper election.
The real problem is that the Leave Brexiters had and have no clue how to leave the EU. It is without solution because they can’t solve either the Irish border or Gibraltar issues. Also deeply damaging any form of Brexit. It is insane. Fabricant is one of the exploiter MPs, ERG supporter. None of these MPs are acting in the best interest of the people or the country. No Deal – no such thing. Because we depend on EU for 30% of our food, and trade more with this the world’s largest trading bloc. It is idiotic to believe there is a deal to be had. Johnson is still bumbling around trying to pretend he’s in process of seeking a deal. Latest scam idea? Persuading Ireland to temporarily leave the EU and to unite with N Ireland and the UK!! Fabricant must have money bet on No Deal to want it so badly. It’s not in UK interest. Apparently Johnson’s backers have a few billion bet on No Deal on 31 October. It’s not for the lemmings who voted for it – it’s for the rich tax avoiders. Fabricant is probably a multi millionaire – along with many of his Brexiter buddies. Wake up people – he’s not wanting what the country needs. There will either be another referendum or an election. Brexit is a Tory project. They have failed our country miserably. And if we get a No Deal the UK will be chaos.
I have never voted for Fabricant before but fair play to hom he has stuck to jis guns. He gets my vote next time!
People who want a No Deal Brexit, other than those like the exploiter MPs many of who have bet on it happening 31 October don’t realise it puts UK back to square one. There’s no such thing as getting Brexit done. We are dependent on a deal, and we have a weaker hand. This insanity is losing us prosperity. Only the ill informed can’t see what is actually going on. We have a rogue government of criminals who are benefitting from Brexit. The country is already much poorer. Crispin Odey, one of Johnson’s backers presumably – gained £230 million overnight in 2016 when Leave won EU Ref. He stands to gain more on 31 Oct. But if it doesn’t happen he’ll lose. This is why Johnson has backed No Deal. It’s not a threat to the EU in order to get a deal! They have already prepared. Yellowhammer is an anagram of Orwellmayhem. That’s what we face if these appalling MPs win. A diminishing of worker’s rights, a fire sale of UK assets, low regulation. We depend on EU for so much that is taken for granted. Shame on all those who support No Deal. Fabricant is one of them. ERG man. ERG used our taxes to allegedly do research about Europe, but you can bet it was actually to figure out how to take advantage of leaving EU for personal gain. MPs membership of ERG was claimed as an expense – and paid out of our taxes.
Hi Christine, I like your anagram. In reality George Orwells books were about tight control and not mayhem so in the political sense it dosent work. Some make the assumption that leaving without a deal means there will never be a deal. I think this highly unlikely. The trading specifications are already in place, they are what is currently agreed. It will not take years to implement standards. Business both here and the EU wants to trade. The EU cannot be seen to be too conciliatory to us as it would create an unwanted precedent. In the medium term (or shorter) market forces will dictate a different outcome. Even W.T.O. terms and conditions are not a disaster and are the conditions under which many countries trade. There are also the World wide opportunities at our disposal. We are currently in an ideological civil war on this issue. It has created a divisive environment. Perhaps we should all show more tolerance to other people’s opinions. One day we are going to have to all live with whatever consequences arise. The little we can do as individuals is totally inconsequential.
I assume by living with those decisions and tolerating each other means we should accept, at face value, your assessment that it’s “not a disaster,” and you think “it’s highly unlikely,” well forgive me if I’m not assured.
It’s been stated time and time again that it takes 5 minute to find reliable sources of information, and I’m not talking left-wing media, or right-wing media trying to say everything is going to be ok, I’m talking good researched, academic experts who nearly all agree that a no-deal Brexit is a disaster. Why you persist in ‘Lieutenant George’ hopeless optimism can only be a feeble attempt to assuage your minimal audience on here or you have a tin ear and are unwilling to listen.
Decades of trade deals come to an end on 31st October, they took years to put together, so no – it isn’t just going to be alright and, please for the love of god, go and look what WTO means, it means zero rated items will attract 40% tax immediately, this is not alright.
Finally, your “world-wide” opportunities are a unicorn, if they were there we’d have negotiated them already. The EU does not prevent unilateral state trade deals, that is another Brexiteer nonsense that gullible leavers have swallowed. It has been pointed out to you time and time again, the EU is on our doorstep, there is a linear curve on the cost of products over shipping time and cost, what does this mean? If the UK as a standalone country wants to order 10,000 widgets at £50 a unit, we pay a higher trade and shipping cost than the 26 countries of the EU ordering 260,000 units of the same widget, over distance shipped.
I’m more than happy to let bygones be bygones, once the nonsense has gone.
The Civil Service produce many different papers for every scenario, to ensure Departments have the resources they need and for planning purposes. They will have a worst case scenario. A scenario where there is minor disruption. They will also have a number of plans for a slight improvement in trade and investment and one, where there is such a financial boost to the economy, they need to move resources to cover the increased demand.
There will also be currently a certain amount of election scenario planning. Conservative win, Labour win, Lib Dem win, Lab, Lib, SNP, Plaid coalition. Every possible result will have a plan.
For the Olympics there was the same. Planning for terrorist incidents, travel chaos, fire, flood, power outage…….. They had a plan for all of them.
I remember working through Y2K. Planes would fall from the sky, the National Grid would fail, no food in the shops, riots on the streets, no medicines, hospitals would have to shut, the traffic lights were going to stop working, business would be bust overnight, banks would not be able to dispense money,……… Then everyone wondered what the fuss was. Everyone had planned for all eventualities.
Darryl….. For an analytical expert you seem to be amazing unaware of the impact the EU regulations had on us when we joined. It effectively prevented trade with our Commonwealth and made independent trade with any country outside the EU very difficult. No we could not be having satisfactory agreements already. Why would countries be pledging agreements when we are out if this was so. Yes indeed you have repeated a mantra of your personal beliefs almost ad nauseam. You have been unnecessarily patronising and rude which demeans a background of what I assume was a good education. This I think is a pity as a good debate needs good adversaries. Over a very long period now we have found no points on which we can find a consensus. We might be in this position from a failure of reasonable expectation of what we hoped to achieve. I doubt a significant proportion of the population will be letting bygones be bygones. Our exchanges are now producing more heat than light. Probably best to agree to disagree.
Mr Allso countries like Australia can do all the trade they need around the Pacific Rim they don’t need us. Iceland has one of the most economically viable Aluminium smelters due to Electric costs ( They have agreements with the EU) Bauxite comes from Australia and finished product is shipped to China.
Our steel mills are owned by that dreaded country Turkey Dreaded because Brexiteers said we would have 10’s of thousands of them coming here if they joined the EU No hope but they buy British Steel. Not much left if I was a lot younger I would jump off the sinking ship
Darryl talks a lot of sense I imported product until I retired and have a fair bit of knowledge about shipping without having to take wild guesses
I wonder what Michaels views on the suspension of parliament are ?
I wonder if he’s even considered the danger parliament will be in and indeed democracy if the government is granted the right to suspend it whenever it sees fit
Any future leader could philosophicaly ,proroge parliament and abolish the military ,this could be used in the future to dismiss democracy all together
I now have to wonder is this Johnston’s intention for the conservative party in the future an uncontested dictorial l party .