Britain’s most senior official in charge of negotiating the country’s exit from the European Union(EU)resigned
on Sunday July 08,2018, accusing Prime Minister Theresa May of undermining Brexit
with her plan to keep close trade ties with the bloc.
Brexit Secretary David Davis quit just two days after Ms. May announced she had finally united her quarrelsome government behind a plan for a divorce deal with the EU.
In a blow to the beleaguered Prime Minister, Mr. Davis told Ms. May in a letter that the government’s proposals for close trade and customs ties “will leave us in at best a weak negotiating position, and possibly an inescapable one.”
Mr. Davis’s late-night resignation undermined Ms. May’s already fragile government, which has lost several Ministers in the past year over sexual misconduct allegations and other scandals. Mr. Davis was a strong pro-Brexit voice in a Cabinet divided between supporters of a clean break with the bloc and those who want to keep close ties with Britain’s biggest trading partner.
Ms. May’s office said a replacement for Mr. Davis would be announced on Monday July 09,2018
Brexit Secretary David Davis quit just two days after Ms. May announced she had finally united her quarrelsome government behind a plan for a divorce deal with the EU.
In a blow to the beleaguered Prime Minister, Mr. Davis told Ms. May in a letter that the government’s proposals for close trade and customs ties “will leave us in at best a weak negotiating position, and possibly an inescapable one.”
Mr. Davis’s late-night resignation undermined Ms. May’s already fragile government, which has lost several Ministers in the past year over sexual misconduct allegations and other scandals. Mr. Davis was a strong pro-Brexit voice in a Cabinet divided between supporters of a clean break with the bloc and those who want to keep close ties with Britain’s biggest trading partner.
Ms. May’s office said a replacement for Mr. Davis would be announced on Monday July 09,2018
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