I'm absolutely livid. After watching Brexit get implemented through years of Parliamentary hell, we're now witnessing the most predictable betrayal imaginable - and it's happening at lightning speed.
Less than a YEAR. That's all it took for Labour to start crawling back to Brussels on their knees. This Monday, Starmer and his merry band of EU-worshippers will be hosting what I'm calling their "surrender summit" right here in London.
The Lies We All Saw Coming
Let's not kid ourselves. They'll dress this up as some kind of diplomatic "reset" with the EU. There'll be fancy talk about "red lines" and solemn promises that they're not backsliding on Brexit.
Rubbish.
I was at a dinner last week with several former ministers who were practically rolling their eyes at teh audacity of it all. One of them leaned over his glass of wine and whispered, "It's like watching someone sell your house while insisting they're just redecorating."
Remember When Starmer Actually Kept His Promises? Me Neither.
This is the same Keir Starmer who promised to freeze council tax. Gone. The pledge to cut energy bills? Vanished. His solemn vow not to tax working people has transformed into new taxes on family businesses, farmers, and that punishing jobs tax that'll cost every working household about £3,500.
And God, don't get me started on how he snatched winter fuel payments from pensioners to fund pay rises for his union mates. My aunt in Yorkshire called me in tears about this last month - she's genuinely worried about heating her home this winter.
The Secret Negotiations Nobody's Talking About
While we've all been distracted by the budget catastrophe, Labour has been negotiating in secret with Brussels for months. Everything's on the table - defence, migration, justice, fisheries... they're even floating a "youth mobility" scheme (which is just code for bringing back freedom of movement through the back door).
A contact of mine who works with a major business association told me they were literally BEGGED by Labour officials to say nice things about whatever deal emerges on Monday. "They're desperate for positive press coverage," she texted me. "They know exactly what they're doing."
What's Actually at Stake?
We've already got a perfectly functional trade deal with the EU. We have mechanisms for defence and security cooperation. But Labour seems determined to make Britain a rule-taker again through "dynamic alignment" - subjecting British businesses to EU laws and the European Court of Justice.
Starmer's also eyeing up the EU's carbon trading mechanism which will send energy bills through the roof. And I wouldn't put it past him to cave on fishing rights... again.
The Brexit Benefits They Pretend Don't Exist
Since leaving the EU, we've been free to make our own trade deals globally. Our freedom from EU bureaucracy meant we rolled out Covid vaccines faster and ended lockdowns quicker than our neighbours. We secured better deals for our fishermen. And by ending free movement, we finally took back control of our borders.
I spent £2,300 of my own money in 2016 campaigning for Brexit in my hometown. I remember the faces of people who believed their votes would actually change something. Poor sods.
This Is Just the Beginning
Monday's summit is only the first step. An official Government spokesperson has already admitted to business and union representatives: "The Summit would also be the first of many, so even if something was not announced on 19 May, that did not mean that it would not be addressed on another occasion."
Translation: piece by piece, law by law, summit by summit, they'll dismantle Brexit entirely.
Meanwhile, those of us who still believe in British sovereignty will be painted as dinosaurs, clinging to outdated ideas while the "adults" fix our mess.
Listen. I'm not naive enough to think Brexit implementation was perfect. But surrendering our hard-won freedoms back to Brussels isn't the answer.
The Conservatives trusted the British people with the Brexit referendum. We delivered on that promise. And we'll fight to take back any powers Labour surrenders to the EU.
This betrayal has only just begun. And I, for one, won't shut up about it.
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