The EU is morally repulsive
The EU's refusal to reassure all of its citizens living in each other's countries that they can stay after Brexit is morally repulsive, says John Redwood.
Giving the cold shoulder to the Prime Minister was juvenile. Refusing to reassure all EU citizens living in each other's countries that they can stay after Brexit is morally repulsive.
I assume even the EU would not stoop so low as to demand the departure of UK citizens from other EU countries once we leave. It would be against decency, morality and probably international law. So why don't they just say so? Their refusal shows the PM was wise not to assume they would.
The UK has made clear it is happy for all legally settled EU migrants in the UK to stay. So why can't the others say the same about British migrants?
At the same time, why can't the rest of the EU reassure business that they have no wish to damage their trade with us? Again, they put their own institution above the needs and wishes of businesses, employees and customers around their Union.
It certainly strengthens the case for leaving. These people clearly do not want the best for their citizens. They use them as pawns in their macabre political game. I thought the EU's idea was to take our money in order to give us some service. Once again it looks as if the opposite is true.
John Alan Redwood, Baron Redwood, is a British politician and academic who represented Wokingham in Berkshire as Conservative Member of Parliament from 1987 to 2024. Born on 15 June 1951, he served as Secretary of State for Wales under John Major and twice stood unsuccessfully for the Conservative Party leadership during the 1990s. Following his ministerial career, Redwood held positions in the Shadow Cabinets of William Hague and Michael Howard before spending his remaining parliamentary years as a backbencher. Prior to entering Parliament, he earned a doctorate at All Souls College, Oxford and served as Director of the Number 10 Policy Unit under Margaret Thatcher.
A veteran Eurosceptic described in 1993 as a pragmatic Thatcherite, Redwood has been particularly known for his work on economic policy and European matters. He co-chaired the Conservative Party's Policy Review Group on Economic Competitiveness until 2010 and serves as Chief Global Strategist of investment management company Charles Stanley & Co Ltd. Redwood was a prominent supporter of Brexit in the 2016 EU referendum and was a member of the pressure group Leave Means Leave. He writes commentary for Comment Central.
