MARGOT PARKER: We Need To Unite To Fight For A Clean Brexit
Published Nov 09, 2017
IT has certainly been a busy few months for all of us in UKIP as we seek
to keep the Government focused on a clean Brexit – a Brexit, after all, the
people voted for last year.
In September, after the leadership election, I was delighted to be asked
by the new leader Henry Bolton to be his deputy.
I said on my appointment it was time for everyone in UKIP to pull
together and drive the party forward over the next few months.
I will, of course, continue my work as an MEP in the East Midlands, to
ensure a clean Brexit and to fight for what is best for the country. I will also
be working closely with our new leader and his team over the next 18 months or
so – a crucial period which will help shape the future of the UK.
In my new role, (and with my new portfolio as spokesperson on aid and
international development), it is imperative I help work towards unity within
the party as we move towards March, 2019.
As Henry himself said, UKIP has a moral obligation to hold the Government
to account for taking us out of the European Union.
Clear and decisive leadership is crucial and we shall deliver it. It is
urgent that we work on projecting our party firmly and decisively with the
purpose of securing our nation’s interests through Brexit and beyond.
We must make sure everyone in our party – from volunteers to senior party
figures – has a crucial role in the ongoing fight to keep Mrs May’s Government
held to account.
It is also clear that we must continue to refute the claims of the
‘Remainers’. I make a point in my media appearances, letters, press releases and
radio and television interviews to illustrate that far from disappearing over a
cliff, our economic prospects are growing since the Referendum
Indeed,
the respected IHS
Markit/CIPS manufacturing
survey released just last week showed that for the 15th month
in succession the manufacturing sector has grown.
We need to make sure the people of this country are aware of these
figures and surveys – it is NOT doom and gloom.
Coupled with this fight for unity and Brexit is my work as an East
Midlands MEP – I strive not only to attend local events but to also work with
the public and the media to fight against injustices on local, national and
international issues.
I have had two previous portfolios within UKIP – as a spokesperson for
small business and latterly as spokesperson for Women and Equalities.
When I was appointed deputy leader, Henry asked me to take over the aid
and international development portfolio.
One of my first tasks was to join The Daily Express in its fight on
wasted foreign aid. There are some links here you may wish to look at – http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/872009/Foreign-aid-petition-Mike-Hookem-Margot-Parker and http://www.express.couk/news/uk/874879/UK-foreign-aid-Brexit-news-Britian-stop-funding-EU-foreign-aid
As I said in the second of those articles –
In normal life you wouldn’t hand over money to someone who has a history of financial abuse without stringent checks.‘Instead British taxpayers’ money is hosed across the developing world with virtually no auditing and no recourse to transparency.We should stop paying into the so-called European Development Fund until we are told exactly how it is spent.Thank goodness we are leaving this complacent organisation soon, but it won’t be soon enough.The EU’s cavalier approach to our taxpayers’ money is not merely outrageous. It poisons the well of goodwill in the British public towards helping the less fortunate parts of the world.’
So, plenty of work to do in Brussels and beyond as we fight for the
Brexit we voted for and strive to make our country, Europe and the world, a
better place.
Catch up with Margot’s media work on her website http://www.margotparkermep.uk/ – where you can also see her pictures, speeches and parliament
videos.
Margot is on Twitter at @MargotLJParker.
You can also see Margot’s activities on Flickr at www.flickr.com/photos/126176477@N06/
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