After the supreme court judges delivered their ruling on 24 January that the prime minister could not trigger article 50 and start the ball rolling towards the process of leaving the European Union (EU) without parliament’s approval, MPs voted overwhelmingly to give power to the Government to start the balll rolling towards the negotiations to leave the EU.
Now there is nothing to stop Theresa May’s government to start the tough negotiations to come out of the EU and commence the process of Brexit. The Government’s detailed plans will be published in a White paper. Besides the trade deals and property rights of British citizens in EU countries and conversely EU citizens in Britain, the Brirtish negotiators should try and clawback the billions of pounds we have contributed towards the running of the EU since 1974, and in bailing out its sick partners like Greece and Spain during this period.
Make it tough for the EU negotiators and ask for refund of UK’s investments in the EU projects and loans we have given to the EU. Without getting into the intricacies of the process and the exact amounts involved, as laymen, we want to see if our negotiators can clawback the vast amounts of funds we were made to contribute towards the running of the EU or towards subsidising other member countries.The monies thus reverted back to us could be put towards the much needed funds to help our ailing NHS and other infrastructures.
Dinesh Sheth
Newbury Park, Ilford
