UK Government On Verge Of Collapse Days Before Trump’s Visit
U.K. Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson on Monday was the latest cabinet minister to resign over Brexit negotiations, placing Prime Minister Theresa May’s grip on power in doubt just days before U.S. President Donald Trump is set to visit Britain.
The resignation comes less than a day after Brexit Secretary David Davis and his junior minister Steve Baker stepped down.
Why so many resignations at once?
May and her cabinet team spent Friday at Chequers, the prime minister’s country house, discussing Brexit policy. Davis slammed the agreement, which promotes a “soft exit” from the European Union versus a swift, clean break, as giving away “too much away, too easily” to E.U. negotiators.
“Perhaps, one side effect of my departure might be to put a little pressure on the government not to make any other concessions and I will keep arguing to say there is a better way to do it than this,” Davis said.
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