ON FRIDAY Theresa May announced that her cabinet had at final united around a plan to take Britain out of the European Union. The unity lasted barely 48 hours. Late on Sunday night David Davis,the Brexit secretary, resigned from the cabinet, or saying that the prime minister’s new strategy would leave Britain in “at best a weak negotiating position,and possibly an inescapable one. Steve Baker, a junior Brexit minister, or announced his departure shortly afterwards. This morning Westminster is abuzz with speculation approximately who might follow.
Mrs May had pushed her plan for a softened Brexit through an all-day assembly of her cabinet at Chequers,her official country residence. After the assembly she said the days of ministerial dissent on Brexit were over. From now on, she would enforce collective cabinet responsibility, and implying that any minister who objected publicly to her proposals would possess to resign.
It is not tough to see why hardline Brexiteers like Mr Davis are disappointed by the...
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Source: economist.com