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Theresa May's #Brexit car crash looms as senior figures resign from her 'soft Brexit' cabinet

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Channel: Public Enquiry · 2018 · News & Politics

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The surprise resignations within the British government have already opened up a new chapter in the country’s much-debated struggle to leave the European Union. In fact, what triggered the high-profile resignations was last Friday’s cabinet deal over Brexit – Britain’s exiting the EU. Many believe the deal represents a far softer vision of Brexit than what Prime Minister Theresa May had promised to pursue. They say May’s failure to live up to her promise to seek a hard exit from the EU could eventually set the stage for a rebellion by her own Conservative Party.

'TEAR UP White Paper!' Brexiteer urges May to listen to Trump as soft Brexit reality looms

Brexit news: Nigel Evans urges Theresa May to 'tear up' Brexit White Paper

LEADING Brexiteer Nigel Evans claimed Theresa May should take Donald Trump's warning over her latest Brexit proposals seriously as he urges the Prime Minister to "tear up" her White Paper.

By ALESSANDRA SCOTTO DI SANTOLO PUBLISHED: 13:56, Fri, Jul 13

Speaking on Sky News, the Vice Chair of the International Trade Committee argued the Prime Minister should consider Donald Trump's threat to call off future trading deals with the UK as a valid reason to "tear up" her latest Brexit proposal. 

The Tory Brexiteer claimed Theresa May's Brexit White Paper fails to deliver the key trading departure from the EU Britons voted for in the June 2016 Referendum.

Mr Evans said: “In the talks I had in Downing Street last week, when we looked at the - I mean we didn’t have the White Paper in front of us - when we talked about trade deals, it seems to me that we focussed a little bit on chlorinated chicken but then it was sort of brushed over.

“Now what we’ve seen with the intervention of Donald Trump is he’s saying that the whole trade deal may well beef simply because of the White Paper.

“If that is the case then they should tear up the White Paper.

“I heard from Liam Fox this week as well at the International Trade Committee meeting, of which I’m Vice Chairman, that he believes that a trade deal could be done.

“Well, that’s clearly not what he said and what we heard on the tapes that Tom Newton had.

“If basically what we’re saying to America is we only want to do a deal on services but we can’t do a deal on goods because of the customs arrangements that we’re going to have with the European Union, if that means that there can’t be any trade deal, then all bets are on, number one.

“Number two, the other thing that Donald Trump said is ‘I’m not going to negotiate with the British Government because of this White Paper we’re going to have to negotiate with the European Union’, Adam, leaving the European Union was all about dealing with trade deals ourselves.

“And not going to have the European Union negotiating with America on our behalf.”

Theresa May's #Brexit car crash looms as senior figures resign from her 'soft Brexit' cabinet

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