In May, Britain's leading Brexit official leaves the government

LONDON – The highest-ranking UK official tasked with negotiating the country's exit from the European Union resigned Sunday, two days after Prime Minister Theresa May announced that she was in power. she had finally united her quarrelsome government behind him. Brexit Minister David Davis told May in a letter that the government's proposals regarding future trade ties with the bloc "will leave us at best in a weak bargaining position, and a plan for Brexit"

Davis' late resignation undermined May's already fragile government, which has lost several ministers over the past year over allegations of sexual misconduct and others scandals. Davis was a strong pro-Brexit voice in a cabinet divided between supporters of a clean break with the bloc and those who want to keep close ties with Britain's largest trading partner

The Conservative Legislature resolutely pro-Brexit Andrea Jenkyns tweeted: Fantastic news. Bravo David Davis for having the main and the courage to resign.

Jenkyns testified that Steve Baker, a junior minister in the Brexit Department, also resigned, there was no immediate comment from Baker.

There are less than nine months left before Britain leaves the block on March 29, 2019 and the EU has warned Britain repeatedly that time is running out .. Davis and the rest of the cabinet may have finally agreed on a plan for future trade with the EU

May is due to brief legislation Monday on the plan worked out at a 12-hour meeting in Checkers, the Prime Minister's country. to keep the UK and the EU in a free trade zone for goods, and urges Britain to maintain the same rules as the bloc for goods and agricultural products.

Some legislators favorable to Brexit are angry at these proposals. will keep Britain attached to the bloc and unable to change its rules to conclude new trade agreements around the world.

In his letter of resignation, Davis stated that the "common rulebook" policy controls large parts of our economy. He said he feared that the government's negotiating approach would "lead to new demands for concessions" from Brussels.

"It seems to me that the national interest requires a secretary of state in my department who is an enthusiastic believer in your approach, and not just a reluctant conscript," he wrote.

In a letter to Davis, May disagreed with his characterization of his pla ss, saying the agreement that she seeks "will undoubtedly mean the return of powers from Brussels to the United Kingdom."

Davis' resignation may encourage conservative lawmakers supporting Brexit to challenge May's leadership. Conservative lawmaker Jacob Rees-Mogg, a leader of the party's "hard Brexit" faction, compared May's plan to an egg so gently boiled that it "is not boiled at all."

"A very sweet Brexit means we're not gone, we're just"

Some Brexiters dream of replacing May with a Faithful Brexite, as Foreign Minister Bo laugh Johnson, who in the past disagreed with his boss.

Johnson has not commented publicly since. Friday. But some pro-Brexit ministers supported May's plan. Secretary of the Environment Michael Gove said on Sunday that he did not contain everything he wanted but "I'm a realist".

"All those of us who believe we want to run a Brexit, and who is the best Britain now has the opportunity to stand behind the Prime Minister to negotiate this deal," he told the BBC

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