The former First Minister of Northern Ireland, Baroness Arlene Foster, has disclosed that she was in support of Brexit.<\/p>\n
According to her, it is a necessity to break free from European bureaucracy to enable the UK to regain full control over its trade policies.<\/p>\n
Speaking on Joy FM\u2019s Super Morning Show<\/strong> on Friday, 30th May, Baroness Foster underscored that the decision to leave the European Union was driven by a desire for greater sovereignty and the flexibility to engage in global trade on the UK\u2019s own terms.<\/p>\n “I was for Brexit, and the reason I was for Brexit was that I believe that we needed to move away from the bureaucracy of the European Union to free up trade and to free up businesses, so that the small businesses work, so I was in favour of the Brexit” she said on the show.<\/p>\n Baroness Foster, a prominent figure in Northern Irish and UK politics, reflected on the challenges of EU membership, suggesting that, “There are a lot of tips flying around and making life difficult for a lot of small businesses”. <\/p>\n “But I think the idea of Brexit was to allow small businesses to flourish”, she added. She mentioned this while discussing leadership and the critical role of women in politics.<\/p>\n The Brexit case itself traces back to a historic referendum held in June 2016, when 52% of British voters opted to leave the European Union. <\/p>\n The campaign for Brexit centred on arguments favouring national sovereignty, controlling immigration, and the ability to craft independent trade deals. The decision set in motion a complex withdrawal process, culminating in the UK\u2019s formal exit from the EU on 31 January 2020.<\/p>\n DISCLAIMER: <\/strong>The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.<\/p>\n DISCLAIMER: <\/strong>The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The former First Minister of Northern Ireland, Baroness Arlene Foster, has disclosed that she was in support of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":144466,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5226],"tags":[802,748,2000,299,5187,1699,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-144465","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brexit","8":"tag-brexit","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-eu","11":"tag-europe","12":"tag-european","13":"tag-european-union","14":"tag-great-britain","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114597565831226012","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144465\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/144466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}