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“Deal Or Walk” The Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP 10 Downing Street London SW1A 2AA 19 November 2020 Dear Prime Minister, Important message to you from the major Brexit organisations reflecting the views of millions of voters: “Deal or Walk” Prime Minister, it took the EU more than three years and eight months after the British people voted to leave the European Union before the EU was ready to even start talking about a trade deal. In hindsight, this should have told us all everything we needed to know. Three trade deal deadlines have now passed: 30 June, 31 July, and 15 October. This Thursday 19 November the EU27 leaders are meeting and it was hoped a deal would be ready to be discussed. Sadly the EU remains intransigent on fundamental matters which are entirely normal when dealing with an independent and sovereign country, and the UK-EU trade deal is not even on the agenda at its meeting. In light of the EU’s behaviour, the only reasonable and practical action is to call a halt. The United Kingdom cannot be trapped in negotiations where the other party’s priorities are not trade, but political ideology and the desire to see a departing country be damaged. The UK’s economic interests, jobs, and freedoms must now come first. The United Kingdom’s negotiating team led by Lord Frost has been immensely patient, and its efforts have been valiant, but enough is enough. No country in the World could agree to the EU’s continuing demands. It is not even remotely possible to ‘meet half-way’. We voted to Leave and to Take Back Control Prime Minister, it's Time to Take our Leave This Thursday it must be “Deal or Walk” This letter is being sent to you by the Big Brexit Initiative – the grouping of major Brexit organisations, together with many key individuals – combined behind one message to Government. We very much hope you will act on it now. Yours sincerely, The Big Brexit Initiative of major Brexit organisations Brexit Facts4EU.Org, Brexit-Watch, The Bruges Group, Get Britain Out, Global Britain, Green Leaves, Labour Leave, Scientists for Britain, Scots for Leave, The Time Party, Think Scotland, Veterans for Britain I am a voter and I endorse this message most strongly. Name: …………………………………………………………. Address: ………………………………………………………….…………………………………………………………………. Signed: List of signatories Groups Brexit Facts4EU.Org Brexit-Watch The Bruges Group Get Britain Out Global Britain Green Leaves Labour Leave Scientists for Britain Scots for Leave The Time Party Think Scotland Veterans for Britain Individuals (all signing in a personal capacity) Professor David Blake Michael Burrage, entrepreneur and Senior Research Fellow Professor David Campbell Professor Tim Congdon CBE Paul Cowdell, former Senior Lecturer, Corporate Treasury and Risk Management Martin Daubney, former MEP Professor Kevin Dowd Nathan Gill, former MEP Ben Habib, former MEP, Chairman of Unlocked, CEO of First Property Group PLC Dr Andrea Hosso, economist and investment specialist Christina Jordan, former MEP Lesley Katon, CEO, Unlocked Rupert Lowe, former MEP Belinda de Lucy, former MEP, presenter Catherine McBride, economist Brian Monteith, former MEP and former MSP Julian Morgan, CEO June Mummery, former MEP Henrik Overgaard-Nielsen, former MEP Jim Reynolds, Hon Secretary, Campaign for an Independent Britain June Slater, Brexit campaigner James Wells, former MEP The Rt Hon Ann Widdecombe, former Minister of State .
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