{"id":11328,"date":"2017-12-07T08:10:36","date_gmt":"2017-12-07T08:10:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/?p=11328"},"modified":"2017-12-07T09:03:12","modified_gmt":"2017-12-07T09:03:12","slug":"dup-keep-mrs-may-honest-brexit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/index.php\/dup-keep-mrs-may-honest-brexit\/","title":{"rendered":"DUP keep Mrs May honest over Brexit"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Arlene Foster and the DUP have kept Theresa May honest over Brexit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Democratic Unionist Party have prevented a disastrous customs split in the United Kingdom. The Northern Ireland party sent Britain’s Brexit negotiating team back to the drawing board. The Cabinet have now to offer a solution to the EU side.<\/p>\n

Alternatively, \u00a0they must admit having a soft border with the Republic of Ireland is impossible.<\/p>\n

Moreover, a solution has to be found before the end of this week, or \u2018No Deal’ could be on the table. The situation urgently needs our prayers.<\/p>\n

But we must not forget prayers of thanksgiving for the DUP. \u00a0Also, ask God to continue to be merciful as the UK leaves the EU.<\/p>\n

Scotland and London leaders saw an opportunity<\/h2>\n

Theresa May had suggested a \u2018continued regulatory alignment’ a between the Irish Republic and Northern Ireland., effectively keeping Ulster in the single market and customs union.<\/p>\n

The news was seized upon by Scotland’s first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, who demanded any promise for Northern Ireland be replicated for Scotland. That call was followed by a similar suggestion from the London mayor, Sadiq Khan.<\/p>\n

But it was all shut down by Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Arlene Foster who said \u2018any form of regulatory divergence’ between the Irish Republic and Northern Ireland would be unacceptable.<\/p>\n

Mrs Foster revealed she had been asking the government for the wording of text relating to the Irish border for five weeks. She said it was a \u2018big shock’ when the document landed on Monday morning because \u2018we realised there was no way we could sign up to that text’.<\/p>\n

UK’s \u2018economic and constitutional integrity’<\/h2>\n

Speaking at Stormont, she said:\u2018We have been very clear. Northern Ireland must leave the EU on the same terms as the rest of the United Kingdom. We will not accept any form of regulatory divergence which separates Northern Ireland economically or politically from the rest of the United Kingdom. The economic and constitutional integrity of the United Kingdom will not be compromised in any way,’ she said.<\/p>\n

Nigel Dodds MP, deputy of the DUP, said the Republic of Ireland had advanced its interests in an \u2018aggressive and anti-unionist way’, and had \u2018set back Anglo-Irish relations and damaged the relationships built up within Northern Ireland in terms of the devolution settlement, and that is going to take a long time to repair’.<\/p>\n

Mrs May promised to leave Single Market<\/h2>\n

Theresa May set out her vision in January<\/a><\/strong> for the UK departure of the European Union. During the speech, she said Britain will be leaving the EU’s customs union and single market. The DUP have kept her honest to that position. The word of God says:<\/p>\n

Numbers 30:2 If a man vow a vow unto the LORD, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Just imagine what could have happened had the Conservatives been returned with an overall majority at the last general election. That they only hold power now only with the support of the DUP is itself an answer to prayer. And for that, we should thank God.<\/p>\n

Brexiteer Iain Duncan Smith MP told the Guardian: \u2018The Prime Minister is fully aware that when it comes to the border issue Northern Ireland remains an integral part of the UK and therefore there cannot be any regulatory divergence between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK.’<\/p>\n

Brexit could happen with \u2018No Deal’<\/h2>\n

Shadow Secretary of State for Exiting the EU, Labour’s Keir Starmer, a noted \u2018Remoaner’, encouraged the Prime Minister to \u2018rethink her reckless red lines’ and consider putting customs union and single market back on the table for Brexit negotiations.<\/p>\n

But Brexit Secretary David Davis pledged that no part of the UK will be \u2018left behind’ in the EU single market. In our prayers we must remember men are fallible and hold him to that:<\/p>\n

Psalm 118:9 It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mrs May has less than two days now to salvage a Brexit deal to open trade talks before the end of the year. If the Prime Minister does not secure a deal by tomorrow, Friday, it will stand little chance of being confirmed at the EU Council meeting held 14th – 15th December.<\/p>\n

The UK would have to wait until March for the next time the 27 other EU countries will come together for a summit. However, Mr Duncan Smith has suggested it might be impossible to secure a deal at all. \u2018No deal’, where the EU and UK are unable to agree on Brexit terms could be the only outcome. But the word of God tells us to look to him for provision:<\/p>\n

Psalm 37:3 Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.<\/strong><\/p>\n

World Trade Organisation rules<\/h2>\n

In such a case, UK companies would trade with the EU on World Trade Organisation (WTO) rules. That would affect both imports and exports. It is a two-way process. Click here for the Tariffs table<\/a><\/strong>, then click \u2018European Union’ and whatever product you are interested in. Then click \u2018Next’ and download whichever format works best for you.<\/p>\n

In reality, WTO tariffs are generally at 2%. Nevertheless, aircraft, identified by Business Insider<\/a><\/strong> as our biggest export to the EU, attract a tariff of 2.7%. Pharmaceuticals, another large export, are free of any import tax. Motor vehicles are taxed at 10%. But the European Automobile Manufacturers Association says<\/a><\/strong> exports of cars from the UK to the EU are dwarfed by imports.<\/p>\n

The EAMA say: \u201880% of the UK’s automobile production is exported, of which 52.8% (worth 14.6 billion) goes to EU member states. The other way round, the EU represents 81% of the UK’s motor vehicle import volume, worth 44.7 billion.’<\/p>\n

World trade is not new<\/h2>\n

For millennia, the British Isles, like the whole world, have engaged in trade. \u00a0Over two-and-a-half thousand years ago the prophet Ezekiel lists all the merchandise arriving in the Mediterranean port of Tyre. \u00a0For example:<\/p>\n

Ezek 27:12 Tarshish was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all kind of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in thy fairs. … 15 The men of Dedan were thy merchants; many isles were the merchandise of thine hand: they brought thee for a present horns of ivory and ebony.<\/strong><\/p>\n

World trade is not new. \u00a0Today, the EU exports overall more to the UK than we export to them, and there is a wide world outside the shrinking EU. Let us remember that in our prayers. But our major prayer point is for the entire United Kingdom to leave the EU completely. That is what the people voted for.<\/p>\n

Revived Roman Empire<\/h2>\n

And there is a spiritual dimension. Our series of videos last year revealed the EU was deliberately designed as a revived Roman Empire.<\/p>\n

If that is correct, the Bible says, of such a political entity:<\/p>\n

Rev 17:14 These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The European Union’s parliament tower in Strasbourg was structured to resemble the unfinished Tower of Babel. Representations of a woman riding a beast are all over the EU. And both the original Treaty of Rome and the doomed EU Constitution were signed on top of Rome’s equivalent of Satan’s Seat. If this is not John’s spiritual Babylon, it is doing a good job of presenting itself like that. It follows the UK must not have any part in it. Our leaders must instead return to the Lord in repentance:<\/p>\n

2Sam 23:3 The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.<\/p>\n

Click here for the videos and share them widely<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

UK financial commitments<\/h2>\n

Meanwhile, reports are saying the UK would pay around \u00a350billion in a so-called \u2018divorce bill’. The claim emerged from the EU side just a week after Theresa May officially signalled she was willing to up Britain’s offer to \u00a338billion to get talks moving.<\/p>\n

The UK has agreed it must take a share in the EU’s liabilities. \u00a0These will total after Brexit as much as 98billion (\u00a387billion), the Financial Times reported. But that gross figure will reportedly amount to a net payout of around half that because some of the claims on the European budget will never actually come to pass. Payouts will continue for several decades because they include pensions payouts to civil servants who will still be claiming cash in 50 years or more, according to reports.<\/p>\n

Brexiteers and Remainers both slammed the huge bill. Nigel Farage said it was a \u2018sellout’, adding: \u2018Make no mistake about it – 55billion to leave the EU is a very, very bad deal.’<\/p>\n

Pro-EU Labour MP Chuka Umunna said: \u2018Boris, Gove and other Leave campaigners never said there would be a big divorce bill to pay – quite the opposite.’<\/p>\n

Not a \u2018divorce bill’<\/h2>\n

But Daniel Hannan, Conservative MEP, said the money is not a \u2018divorce bill’. The Bible says:<\/p>\n

Eccl 5:4 When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mr Hannan went on, \u2018Britain is not the kind of country that walks away from its debts. Those debts will fall gradually, according to the European Commission, over the next 40 years. We’d be paying the equivalent of a billion pounds a year, rather than the \u00a317billion (gross) or \u00a39billion (net) that we’re paying now.<\/p>\n

\u2018Remember the EU 27 will still be our customers as well as our allies. We want them to be rich so they keep buying our stuff, investing in Britain and coming here as tourists.’<\/p>\n

The MEP went on: \u2018Sure, we could refuse to pay. We could go to an international tribunal, which might reduce the overall sum we owe. But that would destroy any chance of a friendly deal with the EU, which would leave all sides worse off. Better by far to approach the question of how to phase out our payments in a friendly spirit.<\/p>\n

\u2018At the end of this process, we should aim to have a close, mutually profitable relationship with the EU, involving not just free trade, but also continued co-operation on intelligence, police co-operation, scientific research and the like. Only now we’d be doing these things as an independent country, not as an EU province.<\/p>\n

\u2018The big-ticket items, though, will be cancelled. No more Common Agricultural Policy. No more Cohesion Funds. And no more EU foreign aid racket.’<\/p>\n

A radical solution to the \u2018Irish question’<\/h2>\n

Finally, there is a very simple way to solve the Brexit border problem between Northern Ireland and the Republic. The Republic of Ireland followed the United Kingdom into the European Union. They have now passed the stage of being a recipient nation. They are now starting to contribute. Financially, the EU is not benefitting Ireland any more. Most of their trade is with the UK. Let them follow us out.<\/p>\n

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