A senior Conservative Party official warned British Prime Minister Theresa May to keep his promises on Brexit or risk a revolt that could trigger the collapse of his government Jacob Rees-Mogg wrote Monday in the Daily Telegraph May must keep its commitment that Britain will leave the single market and the customs union of the European Union when it leaves the bloc, fearing to prepare to relax its position. "The Prime Minister must stick to his just cause and deliver what she said she would do," Rees-Mogg wrote, referring to the disappearance of the conservative leader of the 19th century , Robert Peel, who has found himself A key speech manifest and divides his party.
Comments come before a crucial meeting Friday when the May Cabinet will attempt to define a unified stance on the UK's future relations with the EU after the summit. Last month, last month, two Cabinet sub-committees met to discuss two options for future trade – a customs partnership in which Britain would apply EU tariffs to goods that are shipped to the continent. and the use of technology to avoid the need for border controls between the EU and Britain.
The BBC reported Monday that the government has now determined that both options are impossible to deliver and that May's office has developed a third model. hope to reach an agreement within his cabinet. May is caught up between pro-European lawmakers who want to maintain close economic ties with the bloc and its market of 500 million people and pro-Brexit lawmakers who want a clean break to allow to make new ones
But to Approaching the March 29 date for Brexit, the government is running out of options.
The Times of London reported on Monday that a senior government official overseeing negotiations with the EU had informed ministers of the dire situation by telling them that they had not no chance of a tailor-made trade deal in which British companies would have privileged access to the European market.
The government must instead choose between the type of relationship that Norway has with the EU in which Britain would remain a member of the single market and should respect EU rules, or a simple agreement free trade like those negotiated by other countries.
Rees-Mogg comments sparked indignation among conservatives "
Foreign Minister Alan Duncan accuses him of insolence that could harm the country.
"The ideological right is a minority despite its noise, and should be channeled," he said.