“I understand now why she couldn’t negotiate a decent deal with our European partners, if she behaves in this way.”
“I would urge my colleagues in the House of Commons to start taking those first steps to walk back to something in the middle.”
She replies: “I think you know the answer to that.”
“We must now press on at pace with our efforts to reach a consensus on a deal that is in the national interest.”
Even the image depletes our stock of goodwill – both among our EU neighbours and among potential trade partners elsewhere.
Despite a three-line whip, only 133 Tory MPs actually voted with the Government. Several members of the Cabinet did not vote.
A Remainer parliament will never be willing to properly implement Brexit. And there is only one other decision-making body: the people.
She hopes for agreement before the European elections, but the Government will “make responsible preparations to hold the elections should this not prove possible.”
There are benefits to a cross-party deal. It will give businesses faith that the resulting deal will last through changes of government in the coming decades.
He praises the work done by civil servants to prepare for exit without a deal – and suggests the Prime Minister has not been fully informed of their progress.
‘I profoundly disagree with this approach and I have therefore decided that I must reluctantly tender my resignation.’
Not only are Leavers and Remainers drifting further apart, but the various Remain factions are now engaged in a furious blame game.
Now more than ever, it’s Brussels and not the Government which is in the driving seat – and we don’t know which way it will turn.
One red line after another has been washed away. Promise after promise has been broken. We have capitulated to Michel Barnier at every turn.