EU utter clownTO the odious EU chief Jean-ClaudeJuncker, Brexit voters are just racists.

So he sees immigrants being targetedand killed as the inevitable conse-quence of us choosing independence.

By contrast, Europeans “can neveraccept Polish workers being murderedin the streets of Essex”, he says.

We have news for the pompous oaf.Britain doesn’t accept it either.And we’ll stack up OUR continuing

welcome for people from all corners ofthe globe against any other country’s.

The Harlow killer represents no one.Juncker’s speech to the EU contained

much else to dislike. Such as his drivefor an EU army, the one we were toldwould never happen. And his determ-ination to bar the UK from the singlemarket if we control immigration.

Indeed, just the sort of blinkered stub-bornness that made Britain vote Leave.

And each day we continue to defy him bythriving — as the latest record-breakingpost-referendum job figures prove.

Plane stupidWHY didn’t the judge wipe away the smirksof the Black Lives Matter runway protest-ers and bang them up for six months?

The idiots ironically thanked “whiteprivilege” for their derisory conditionaldischarges over the City Airport chaos.

It was surely more that they are posheco-warriors for whom Judge ElizabethRoscoe admitted having great empathy.

Their real offence, she seemed tobelieve, was not in disrupting flights forbusiness people but for those “who mayhave had similar beliefs to yourselves”.

But, she added: “It’s quite clear you areindividuals who care deeply.”

These wasters, or their parents, arerich enough to have paid a huge fine.

But a prison stretch would have properlypunished them — and deterred others.

Nuclear dudTHERESA May was right to hesitate overHinkley Point. It is troubling that she lookslikely to give it the nod anyway.

The nuclear plant is fraught with riskand relies on French and Chinese cashplus an obscene subsidy from bill-payers.

Smaller, cheaper gas-fired plantscould be built faster and produce morepower — and WE would own them.

The PM was right to scrutinise thisvast project instead of just signing it off.

But its flaws are surely now obvious.

Quality finishIT’S easy to brand young Premier Leaguestars overpaid brats. Often it’s justified.

But credit where it’s due. Four ManUtd players spotted an appeal on behalfof a dying Reds fan — and drove to hiscouncil house to grant his final wish.

Well played, lads.

SunTHE

SAYS

TORY‘LEAVE’ADVOCATEONDITCHINGEU

LET us be clear. The EU referendumwas the biggest vote in thedemocratic history of our countryand it delivered a clear result – amajority of well over a million infavour of Britain leaving the EU.

Since taking office the Prime Minister,Theresa May, inset below, has been admi-rably clear, too, that Brexit has to meanBrexit. Almost everybody in the House ofCommons accepts that the people’s deci-sion is final.

So what are we waiting for?Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty can and

should be triggered within weeks.Within the same time frame, Britain

should start negotiations for access to thesingle market — and strike our own tradedeals with countries outside the EU.

It is already apparent that a lot of the direconsequences of a vote to leave that wereput forward by the Remain campaign aspart of Project Fear have proved unfounded.

Britain’s economic strength remainsunaffected. Consumer confidence is highand key indicators have not plunged inthe way we were told would happen.

Nevertheless, what does risk causingdamage, for as long as it continues, isuncertainty.

Businesses facing decisions aboutexpansion and growth and investorswanting to put money into this countryneed to have a better idea of what thearrangements are going to be with Europeand the rest of the world once Britainleaves the EU.

The sooner we firethe gun, the better

It will take time to agree but the soonerwe start, the sooner uncertainty will beremoved.

Triggering Article 50 is the beginning ofthe process, not the end. It is the startinggun and firing it will signal that seriousnegotiations are under way.

There is bound to be a lengthy period tocarry out those negotiations but as long aswe delay their start there will be somepeople who will suggest there can be afudge, second thoughts or furtherobstacles placed in the way.

As the Prime Minister has made clear thatis not the case and we are going to leave,the sooner we fire the gun the better.

Nobody has given any good reason fordelay. Our aims are clear. We want tomaintain access to the single market andto trade freely with Europe just as theywill still want to trade freely with us.

However, this will be subject to negotia-tion and we must set three key conditions.

First, we have got to regain control ofour borders and our immigration policy.

We can choose who should have theright to enter and to work here.

But I would like to see any such policyapplied equally to everybody and on thebasis of who will make a contribution toour society — not according to whether ornot they happen to be a national of anEU member state. And we must be ableto set a control on overall numbers anddeliver on our promise to reduce the netfigure to tens of thousands.

Second, as long as we delay wecontinue to give huge sums to theEU every month as our member-ship fee — money which could bebetter spent in this country.

As soon as we can concludethese negotiations, we will have thedividend of that money to spend onour priorities.

Third, we need to freecompanies that do not tradewith the EU as quickly aspossible from having to

comply with European regulations. It is asimple measure to amend our own law sothat all existing EU regulations continueto apply. Once that is done, we can thengo through them, department by depart-ment, to decide which are sensible and wewant to keep, and which we want to getrid of — those that simply add cost with-

out delivering any benefit, and therewill be quite a lot of those.

This does not require negotia-tion. Once we are no longermembers of the EU, it will be amatter solely for the BritishGovernment to decide.

Of course, Europe will still bea major trading partner.But the greatest opportunities lie

in our relationships with thefastest-growing economiesoutside of the EU. At themoment we are heldback from developing

trade and investment deals with thosecountries because, while we are in the EU,they have to be agreed across all 28 coun-tries. That is why it has proved impossibleso far for Europe to make deals withChina, India or the USA.

Outside of the EU, we can get on withnegotiations for bilateral deals which willbe much easier and quicker to achieve.We can also ensure they cover areas inwhich Britain is strongest, such as finan-cial services and creative industries.

Already, a number of countries have indi-cated they are keen to reach agreements.

Before we can begin to do any of thiswe need to get the formal process underway, and that means triggering Article 50.

I don’t say that it has to happen tomor-row, but I see no advantage in delay.

We need to get on with it now so thatall those who wish to invest in thiscountry, to trade with us or to come andwork here, know how they stand.

Why UK needsa sharp Brexit

ByJOHNWHITTINGDALE

MYBLUEPRINTFORQUITTING!

TRIGGER Article 50 of the Treaty ofLisbon.

That gives us the right to quitunilaterally and gives us two years tonegotiate an exit deal to be approved by a“qualified majority” of EUmember statesand subject to a possible veto by theEuropean Parliament.

$Start negotiations for access to thesingle market.

%Regain control of our borders andimmigration policy. Negotiate visa

arrangements that suit us.

&Stop paying into the EU budget assoon as possible.

(Transfer EU regulations into Britishlaw then decide which we want to

keep and which ones we wish to repeal.

)Begin negotiation of bilateral tradedeals with countries outside the EU.

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