The EU negotiator held talks with the Brexit select committee on Monday to discuss progress in the negotiations, making it “crystal clear” the Chequers plan was unacceptable, according to Labour’s Stephen Kinnock.
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Brexit HQ? Rees-Mogg moves into HUGE mansion as he edges closer to Downing Street
(24.8.2018) Mr Rees-Mogg will use the residence to plot his latest Commons revolt as he sets out his own vision for a bright future outside of the European Union.
A faction of Brexiteer rebels, spearheaded by the eccentric MP, is working to create an “alternative view” to the Government’s Chequers plan, which was rubbished both by Westminster and the EU.
Boris Johnson and Jacob Rees-Mogg, the Brexiteers‘ dream team, may soon be a reality
(1.8.2018) Until recently, Theresa May managed to keep a shaky truce in her party over her handling of Brexit. But the offer to Brussels she agreed at Chequers shattered it, as David Davis and Boris Johnson were forced to leave her cabinet in protest.
The Prime Minister hoped that she could neutralise Mr Johnson by keeping him prisoner in the gilded cage of the Foreign Office.
‚Hard Brexit NOT end of world‘ – WTO chief TRASHES Philip Hammond warning over no-deal
Director general of the World Trade Organisation, Roberto Azevêdo, said a no-deal Brexit would not be the “end of the world”.
It comes as a contradiction to the controversial letter published by Chancellor Philip Hammond which said there would be “large fiscal consequences” in the event of the UK failing to reach a deal with the EU.
This chaotic, contradictory government is creating a Project Fear all of its own
In the miasma of contradiction and incoherence which now envelops the government’s Brexit strategy, may I ask a simple question? Why is everybody pretending that we have a choice between the prime minister’s Chequers plan, and no-deal?
Brexit: China looking at ‚top-notch‘ trade deal with UK after EU withdrawal
A statement from China’s commerce ministry said that the two countries agreed to “actively explore the possibility of discussing a top-notch free trade agreement between the two sides after Brexit”.
The move has the full backing of Eurosceptic MPs keen to boost investment and expand trade in services in a post-Brexit world.
No-deal Brexit will break up UK, warns Van Rompuy
Ex-president of European council says failure to reach a solution could increase pressure for Scottish independence
BREXIT LIVE: Tories at WAR as Brexiteers rage against Hammond’s Project Fear relaunch
THE Conservative Party has erupted into civil war as deep splits in Brexit policy come to the fore.
Philip Hammond risks Brexiteer row with £80bn ’no-deal‘ warning
The timing of the chancellor’s letter will prompt suspicions among Tory Brexiteers, who already believe he is trying to keep the UK closely tied to the EU.
Both Mr Hammond and Mrs Morgan supported Remain at the EU referendum.
The Guardian view on no-deal Brexit: Tory tactics make a second vote more likely
The chancellor Philip Hammond reminded his party on Thursday that there would be “large fiscal consequences” of £80bn of extra borrowing. Not one part of this is acceptable. To think otherwise is to live in a demented political la-la land in which fanatical dogma outweighs the jobs, security and life chances of ordinary people.
Britain seeks to calm fears of ‘no-deal’ Brexit doomsday — and worries over BLTs, sperm donors and civil unrest
For weeks, there has been a string of doomsday scenarios in the British news media about what could happen if Prime Minister Theresa May’s negotiators fail to strike an agreement with Brussels.
There has been speculation — floated by think tanks, business lobbies and hospital administrators — a “no-deal Brexit” could create total havoc.
U.K. Outlines Plan to Avert Chaos of a No-Deal ‘Brexit’
But in trying to prove to his European interlocutors that Britain is prepared for all eventualities, Mr. Raab knows he risks frightening the British public and weakening faith in the Brexit project, which he supports.
A thread on the socialist (#LEXIT) argument on leaving the EU and why it is correct:
BREXIT EXPRESS – BREXIT POLL AUGUST 2018
Q13: Please imagine for a moment that a new political party has been created with one single aim – to put pressure on the main political parties to conclude Brexit as quickly and as fully as possible. To what extent, if at all, might you consider voting for such a party?
Base: all respondents
Would consider: 52 %
Would not consider: 29 %
Don’t know: 19 %
Hard Brexit SHOCK: Labour Leave voters back NEW PARTY forcing clean break from EU – poll
MOST voters in Labour-held constituencies which backed Brexit in 2016 would consider backing a single-issue political party pushing to leave the EU “as quickly and as fully as possible”, a new poll has found.
MERK TO THE RESCUE: Theresa May offered Brexit lifeline by Angela Merkel who insists EU leaders give PM ‘one last chance’ to sell Chequers plan to them
The Times is reporting that the German Chancellor Ms Merkel is frustrated the talks are not leading to a breakthrough, and is taking matters into her own hands.
She is said to have suggested they use the summit scheduled in Austria for the PM to hold direct talks to avert a no-deal Brexit.
Boris Johnson FULL resignation speech
Former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson makes his resignation speech to the House of Commons after quitting the Government in protest at May’s proposed Brexit deal. From 18 July 2018.
Boris Johnson resignation speech could signal another leadership bid
The former foreign secretary is poised to address the Commons following his dramatic decision to quit over the PM’s Brexit policy.
Phew! May SCRAPES Brexit victory by THREE VOTES as No10 plot to avoid LEADERSHIP COUP
Mrs May caved in to the demands from Brexiteer Tory rebels following a string of frontbench resignations and a threatened rebellion by up to 80 MPs over her Customs Bill. She insisted the amendments did not „change“ her plan.
And tonight she avoided a humiliating defeat in the House of Commons by just three votes, just minutes after it was revealed the Government is set to table a motion to bring forward the Parliament’s summer recess in an apparent bid to stave off a leadership coup.
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TRUMP’S BREXIT BLAST: I told May how to do Brexit but she wrecked it — the US trade deal is off, says Donald Trump
The US President delivers his incendiary verdict on her negotiating strategy in a world exclusive interview with The Sun.
LIVE: British government releases Brexit white paper in London
Dominic Raab, the newly appointed UK Secretary of State for Exiting the EU, makes a statement in the House of Commons on Thursday, July 12, introducing the British government’s Brexit white paper, which sets out its plan to leave the European Union. The document is being released shortly after the resignations of Boris Johnson as Foreign Secretary and David Davis as Brexit Secretary.
Theresa May in Fight to Save Government Amid Brexit Rift
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.
„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.
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
Labour frontbencher Barry Gardiner rules out a second EU referendum
LIVE: Theresa May facing Brexiteer backlash
The latest from the Sunday politics shows, as the prime minister battles to sell her Brexit plan to her backbenchers.
Our snap survey. Three in five Party members believe May’s new Brexit plan represents a bad deal for Britain.
After all, one might think it would be a bad deal for Britain, if implemented, but still back it, perhaps out of Party loyalty. (We’re not expressing a view on such a stance; merely pointing out that it’s possible.)
But at any rate, there’s next to no difference between the two findings. Three in five panel members think the plan would represent a bad deal for Britain if implemented, and the same proportion don’t support it.
Phones to be seized at Theresa May’s Chequers Brexit talks amid cabinet plotting
Boris Johnson, David Davis, Michael Gove, Esther McVey, Penny Mordaunt, Andrea Leadsom and Liam Fox met inside at the Foreign Office.
Dr Fox, the international trade secretary, then spent 50 minutes at Number 10 with the prime minister.
Oust me if you dare, Theresa May warns ‘Brexit bullies’
(1.7.2018) That means the rebels would need 159 MPs to bring her down, more than three times the 48 who would be needed to trigger a vote of no confidence.
May’s decision comes as she faces crunch Brexit talks with the cabinet at Chequers this week and MPs revealed that six senior ministers are plotting to succeed her.
‚The country was CHEATED!‘ Portillo says Brits will be outraged with a soft Brexit
He told BBC’s This Week: “I think you’d be surprised how broadly this will be felt in the country.
“They voted individually, the country reached a decision and then the country was cheated out of the decision that it had made.
“What is the point in voting if you are told that you are participating in the most important vote in a generation or two and then something else is delivered?”
Brexit CHAOS as Boris and Cameron say May’s plan ‘WORST OF BOTH WORLDS’ in secret meeting
The Foreign Secretary and former Prime Minister, who were on opposite sides of the Brexit campaign ahead of the June 2016 EU referendum, held secret talks on the eve of Mrs May’s showdown at Chequers.
Sources said Mr Johnson was on the verge of resigning but was persuaded to stay on by his Old Etonian pal Mr Cameron