By Mark Francois, member for Rayleigh and Wickford and chair of the ERG
BACK in Neolithic Britain, when everyone voted Conservative, there was no sea between Britain and Northern Ireland. Who put it there? The EU.
Determined to reduce our proud country no matter what the cost, they flooded the land between and divided a nation in two. Arrogantly they called it the ‘Irish Sea’, even though its waters are plainly British.
And since that day they have continued to divide us. Whether with the ridiculous promotion of the ‘Irish language’ or the fool’s parade that is the ‘Irish identity’, the EU has never ceased attempting to separate us.
Today they try again. The so-called president of the EU Commission – I don’t remember voting for her – is visiting us and colluding with Boris’s Brutus to sever our economic unity with the none-more-British state of Northern Ireland.
Yes, that proud part of Ireland which refused to fall for the delusion that it was a separate country will be betrayed again. First the deeply unpopular Good Friday agreement. Now this.
Well I, and my fellow Spartans, say no. Whatever the deal. No to a border in the Irish Sea and no to the Irish Sea. Get rid of this artificial barrier set up to deny Britain territory and greatness.
We will brook no compromise with the EU. Drain that water. Ship it to the Channel, which could do with being a bit higher to stop migrants crossing it. No Irish Sea or no deal.
This is the ERG’s new red line. We dare you to cross it.
