Brexit: The May EU plan faces negative reactions from the Brexiters

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Theresa May faces a backlash from Brexite on the plan agreed by his cabinet The prime minister said his plan would ensure the delivery of Brexit

But critics – including business leaders and MPs – say the plan would be "impracticable" and could cost the Conservatives the next election.

Meanwhile, Ms. May said that the EU should "take the negotiations seriously."

The Prime Minister and his cabinet met at Checkers on Friday where they agreed to support his favorite option. Boris Johnson would have supported the plans despite the fact that he would have left the UK as a "vassal state" and would be a "serious inhibitor of free trade", according to Nick Eardley, political correspondent for the BBC

. 100 writers Editors and business leaders view Ms. May's plan as "impractical" and "expensive and bureaucratic".

In the Mail on Sunday, Conservative MP Andrew Bridgen said "the time has come for a new leader". Jacob Rees-Mogg.

"Suffering the consequences"

M. Bridgen described Ms. May's "Brexit" as "pretense and masquerade aimed at fooling the electorate"

M. Rees-Mogg warned that "a Brexit we have not left, we are simply a rules taker.

A briefing circulating to the European Research Group (ERG) – a group of eurosceptic conservative backbench MPs, whom Mr Rees-Mogg directs – says the Prime Minister's plan "would lead directly to a Brexit of the worst of all worlds "

The 18-page document expresses concern that the UK should follow EU laws and the European Court of Justice and would not be able to do so . to develop an "effective international trade policy".

Former Conservative leader Iain Duncan Smith told The Sunday Telegraph that if the public perceived May's plan as a "continued membership" in the Customs Union and the Single Market property, the government "would suffer the consequences in the next elections". 19659004] But Ms. May told the Sunday Times: "The only challenge that needs to be done now is for the European Union to take things seriously, to come to the table and discuss it with us. "

She said her plan was a "serious and achievable proposal" and when people voted to leave the EU, "they wanted to take control of our money, our laws and our borders and that's what we are doing. 39, is exactly what we will do "

Theresa May:" This is a serious and achievable proposition "

The main details of Checkers' statement:

• The United Kingdom would accept continued" harmonization "with EU rules on goods, covering only those that are necessary to ensure friction less trade
• Parliament would have the last word on how these rules are incorporated into UK law, retaining the right to refuse to do so
• There will be different arrangements for trade in services, including financial products. The freedom of movement as it ends will come to an end but a "mobility framework" will allow UK and EU citizens to continue to travel to their respective territories and apply for study and study. to work [19659027] A new customs arrangement will be introduced with the aim of "a combined customs territory"
• The United Kingdom will be able to control its own tariffs and develop an independent trade policy
• the European Court of Justice will end but the United Kingdom will take into account its decisions in areas where common rules are in force