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LONDON : British Prime Minister Theresa May averted defeat but lost another minister on Monday during a parliamentary vote on Brexit after being bent to pressure from extremist Eurosceptics within from his conservative party.
detailing the future customs regime of Britain filed by Jacob Rees-Mogg and other hard Brexiteer deputies, which critics said thwarted his own favored plans, as it avoided a large-scale rebellion of his backbench MPs
Department of Defense, resigned to vote against one of the changes – the latest in a series of departures from his minority government.
"I am happy to sit down and listen to and hear the concerns of my colleagues"
She insisted that the changes did not derogate from her plan on the Brexit officially unveiled last week after months of infighting within the cabinet.
"I would not have done all the work I did for us to come to such an agreement before we saw it changed," added May.
The compromise was strongly criticized by pro-European MPs of his own party. 19659002] Anna Soubry, a relentless supporter of maintaining close ties with the EU, told parliament: "We must now wonder who is responsible in this country?"
"These are people who do not want a responsible Brexit".
"Fear of his own deputies"
The Prime Minister struggles to get his Brexit strategy accepted by both pro-Brexit and pro-EU factions within his party. with persistent rumors that Conservative MPs plan to overthrow it.
In a sign of tension, May will ask lawmakers to approve Tuesday the suspension of the six-week summer holiday of Parliament by five days Thursday.
Opposition MP Angela Rayner called the movement "absolutely pathetic" and accused the government of "being afraid of their own deputies causing misdeeds"
May was forced on the defensive following attacks on his strategy from all sides – including US President Donald Trump, who said last week
Brexite critics believe that Britain remains too close to the EU, while Pro-Europeans believe that it does not protect the dominant sector of British services, among others.
Two pro-Brexit ministers, Boris Johnson and David Davis, resigned in protest last week, followed by a series of junior walkouts, including two more on Monday.
Monday's amendments to the draft law on taxes (cross-border trade) were Britain's first locks for the sole purpose of collecting tariffs on behalf of the EU if the bloc does the same for the Britain – something that he said unacceptable.
The country has a tax on goods and services distinct from Europe
More than a dozen conservatives have rebelled on both amendments, with the government pushing them by only three votes, while the bill passed by a majority of 33.
The law now moves to the House of Lords for further consideration before returning to the House of Commons for a final vote.
Second Referendum
The Minister called May's plans of "fudge" Monday and became the highest member of the May Conservative Party to support the 39th idea of organizing a second European referendum.
The former Education Secretary Justine Greening of property without being able to influence them was "the worst of both worlds."
Noting deep divisions in the government and parliament on the way forward, she said voters must now decide.
"The only solution is to take the final decision of Brexit out of the hands of politicians in the stalemate, far from the secret markets, and to return it to the people," she writes in an article in The Times.
May repeatedly ruled out a second referendum, after the British voted 52% -48% for Brexit in 2016, but Greening's support for a so-called popular vote will give a huge blow thumb in the countryside. – AFP
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