Mr. Johnson, the public face of the 2016 campaign that persuaded Britons to quit the European Union, is perhaps the most high-profile advocate of Brexit, and his departure underscores the depth of the divisions within Mrs. May’s government. His resignation followed that of David Davis, the Brexit secretary, who quit late Sunday night.
Daily Archives: 10. Juli 2018
„We Are Headed For The Status Of A Colony“: Boris Johnson‘s Full Resignation Letter
We are now in the ludicrous position of asserting that we must accept huge amounts of precisely such EU law, without changing an iota, because it is essential for our economic health — and when we no longer have any ability to influence these laws as they are made.
In that respect we are truly headed for the status of colony — and many will struggle to see the economic or political advantages of that particular arrangement.
It is also clear that by surrendering control over our rulebook for goods and agrifoods (and much else besides) we will make it much more difficult to do free trade deals. And then there is the further impediment of having to argue for an impractical and undeliverable customs arrangement unlike any other in existence.
What is even more disturbing is that this is our opening bid. This is already how we see the end state for the UK — before the other side has made its counter-offer.
Rücktritt Johnson: Für May wird es ungemütlich
Mit dem Rücktritt übe Johnson Druck auf May aus. Für die Premierministerin werde es jetzt ungemütlich. Johnson habe nie einen Hehl daraus gemacht, selbst Premierminister werden zu wollen.
Latest after Brexit resignations
– PM Theresa May will chair her new-look cabinet later
Prominent Leave campaigner Dominic Raab is the new Brexit secretary
– Jeremy Hunt moves from health to become new foreign secretary
– Boris Johnson resigned as foreign secretary amid growing crisis over UK‘s Brexit strategy
– Mr Johnson said the Brexit „dream is dying, suffocated by needless self-doubt“
– David Davis quit as Brexit secretary, saying he did not believe in the Brexit plan
– Matt Hancock moves from culture secretary to health secretary