AS Brexit negotiations get underway, politicians of all colours must surely appreciate that it’s country first and party politics second.

On Tuesday, the Prime Minister asked her Backbenchers for unity and discipline.

The powerful 1922 Committee went further, saying Mrs May should sack any minister who cannot keep his or her counsel.

All this has been prompted by a stream of leaks over the last two weeks about Cabinet splits, which have been damagingly spun into stories about a directionless government.

I’ve said it before, and I will say it again: together we stand, divided we fall.

The vote to leave the EU was won and negotiations have started.

It’s a legal process, and irreversible. 
We will leave the EU in March 2019.

Despite the fact Parliament rose last night, its work carries on.

Brexit minister David Davis has cancelled his holiday to ensure he keeps his finger on the pulse.
He needs to have the country behind him and especially his own Party.

A negotiation of this scale has never been attempted, but we do so from a position of strength.

The UK is a valuable trading partner with the EU and the talk of tariffs defies logic.

However, we must not be afraid to fall back on World Trade Organisation rules if necessary.

The longer term advantages of leaving the EU far outweigh the disastrous consequences of staying in it.

Interestingly, recent polls show that most ‘Remainers’ now want Brexit done swiftly and well.

Naturally, our negotiating team will be held to account, and there will be checks and balances every step of the way, with Bills and votes in the House.

Personally, I feel we need a little more of the bulldog spirit, and less of the whingeing and whining.