FUMING Brexiteers could be on the verge of quitting the Cabinet if Theresa May gives in to Brussels demands for there to be no time limit on staying in the customs union after we leave the EU.
Members of her top team could walk out after Mrs May held cabinet talks over the so-called backstop plan for after we leave the EU – which Brexiteers fear could become permanent.
Theresa May could be at risk of losing members of her cabinet over her Brexit plansPA:Press Association
Last night the PM summoned senior ministers in the hope they would sign off on a draft deal, but a breakthrough wasn’t made.
Brexiteers have insisted that any back up plans for what happens if Britain doesn’t get a deal with the bloc MUST be time limited – and we can’t be tied to the EU indefinitely.
This is because if Britain stays in the EU’s customs union forever, it can’t do trade deals with other countries around the world.
Mrs May has just days left to get an arrangement with the EU and her top team before a crunch October summit with other leaders.
The PM has just days to get a deal with the EU before a crunch summitAFP or licensors
A No10 source said last night: “The PM’s commitment and need for a time limit remains.”
And this morning the PM’s spokesperson added that the backstop must be “temporary” and that she “won’t agree a deal which traps the UK in a backstop indefinitely.”
Leaving the meeting last night, May loyalist Chief whip Julian Smith said: “The PM and the Government are conducting a complex negotiation that is going well and we should be backing the...
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