David Davies, former UK minister responsible for Brexit (left) and Michel Barnier, the EU's lead negotiator.
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David Davis, the UK minister for Brexit, has resigned from Theresa May’s cabinet, saying it looked "less and less likely" the Tory party would deliver on the referendum result to leave the EU.
In his resignation letter, Davis stated that he had disagreed on a number of Theresa May’s policy lines, including the sequencing of negotiations and the language used on Northern Ireland.
He said: “The common rule book policy hands control of large swarthes of our economy to the EU and is certainly not returning control of our laws in any real sense.”
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It comes following a meeting last week where the cabinet signed up to proposals for the UK to remain in the customs union for goods but exit for services.
He concluded the letter by saying that UK national interests required “an enthusiastic believer in [May’s] approach, and not merely a reluctant conscript".
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David Davis, the UK minister for Brexit, has resigned from Theresa May’s cabinet, saying it looked "less and less likely" the Tory party would deliver on the referendum result to leave the EU.
In his resignation letter, Davis stated that he had disagreed on a number of Theresa May’s policy lines, including the sequencing of negotiations and the language used on Northern Ireland.
He said: “The common rule book policy hands control of large swarthes of our economy to the EU and is certainly not returning control of our laws in any real sense.”
It comes following a meeting last week where the cabinet signed up to proposals for the UK to remain in the customs union for goods but exit for services.
He concluded the letter by saying that UK national interests required “an enthusiastic believer in [May’s] approach, and not merely a reluctant conscript".
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