Brexit - Geraint Davies

Geraint Davies, MP for Swansea West, demands that the Brexit transition period be extended to protect Welsh businesses.

Geraint Davies, Labour MP for Swansea West, in the first round of questions in a ‘remote’ parliament has demanded that the Brexit transition period be extended to protect Welsh businesses. Said Mr Davies, “All our focus must be on mitigating the damaging circumstances of coronavirus, which is expected to shrink…

MP warns ‘getting Brexit done’ is the start not the end of a painful journey for people in Swansea

Today, Geraint Davies Labour MP for Swansea West, speaking in Parliament said for Swansea ‘getting Brexit done’ would mean lost jobs and income and years of negotiating trade deals from a weakened position outside the EU. Said Geraint Davies MP, “Slogans like ‘get Brexit done’ are intentionally misleading and divide…

Swansea MP & court petitioner is delighted to get back to work

The supreme court ruled that PM Boris Johnson’s decision to prorogue parliament was illegal. Geraint Davies, MP for Swansea West, was a petitioner in the case that found Johnson’s decision to suspend parliament illegal in both the Scottish Courts and now the Supreme Court. Mr Davies said: “The Supreme court…

A No Deal Brexit would be illegal, a breach of parliamentary democracy and put the public in danger

Geraint Davies, MP for Swansea West argued that a No Deal Brexit would be illegal, a breach of parliamentary democracy and dangerous for the public. Davies said, “Our fundamental values are democracy, human rights and the rule of law—those are our fundamental values across Europe—yet we now have a Prime…

MP accuses Boris Johnson of breaking the law.

Geraint Davies, MP for Swansea West, has accused Boris Johnson of breaking the law by refusing to rule out a no-deal Brexit. Mr Davies said, “the Prime Minister has just informed the House that on 31 October he will go to Brussels and ensure that we leave with or without…

Geraint Davies, MP calls out Boris Johnson for wasting £100 million of taxpayer money.

Swansea West MP Geraint Davies accused Boris Johnson of spending £100 million promoting Brexit. Davies said, “instead of the government spending £100 million of taxpayers’ money on propaganda, they should disclose Yellowhammer.” Davies argued that the government should be honest with the public and “spend £100 million educating the public about…

Geraint Davies MP for Swansea West brought out the Welsh cakes to celebrate with Dunvant residents who came to his MP and councillor tea party on St.Davids Day.

Geraint Davies Labour MP for Swansea West said “I made an open invitation to Dunvant residents to come to join me and for a chat, cuppa and Welsh cakes on St.Davids Day and dozens of residents turned up for a lively discussion “Conversations ranged from the dreaded Brexit, to air…

Geraint Davies, MP discusses Brexit and the broken promises of the leave campaign with James Whales on TalkRadio.

Why Wales and the UK should stay in the Single Market

The government has no mandate to negotiate us a worse deal than we have with the EU and with other countries because of our EU membership. Watch and share my speech and let me know your thoughts in the comments Posted by Geraint Davies on Tuesday, 1 May 2018 The…

Delaying Brexit day makes sense for leave and remain – The Guardian

You may have never heard of Wallonia, a French-speaking region in Belgium with a population smaller than Yorkshire’s. But in 2016 – just after the Brexit referendum vote – Walloons (as the people of Wallonia are known) decided to block Ceta, one of the world’s largest and most comprehensive trade agreements,…