Royston Smith, MP for Southampton Itchen (Con) – which includes Bitterne Park - has said he thinks Britain should “chart its own course” away from the European Union.
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The MP, who says he's campaigned for EU renegotiations and referendum for almost 20 years, said: “It is now obvious we will never manage to agree a deal which would answer the fundamental questions of sovereignty and repatriation of powers to the UK Parliament.
“There are those who want to remain in the EU regardless of a successful outcome to the Prime Minister's renegotiation and they are entitled to hold that position. But I believe they are misguided and the time has come to have the confidence to chart our own course.”
Smith called for a “good mannered debate on our future with the EU and a conclusive outcome which both sides will accept”.
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