Political chaos within the United Kingdom’s ruling conservative coalition has claimed the first victim; the United Kingdom’s Brexit minister David Davis quits citing dissatisfaction over the current negotiating path of the government.
Here is the full resignation letter of Mr. Davis,
“Dear Prime Minister,
As you know there have been a significant number of occasions in the last year or so on which I have disagreed with the Number 10 policy line, ranging from accepting the Commission's sequencing of negotiations through to the language on Northern Ireland in the December Joint Report.
At each stage I have accepted collective responsibility because it is part of my task to find workable compromises, and because I considered it was still possible to deliver on the mandate of the referendum, and on our manifesto commitment to leave the Customs Union and the Single Market.
I am afraid that I think the current trend of policy and tactics is making that look less and less likely.
Whether it is the progressive dilution of what I thought was a firm Chequers agreement in February on right to diverge, or the unnecessary delays of the start of the White Paper, or the presentation of a backstop proposal that omitted the strict conditions that I requested and believed that we had agreed, the general direction of policy will leave us in at best a weak negotiating position, and possibly an inescapable one.
The Cabinet decision on Friday crystallised this problem.
In my view the inevitable consequence of the proposed policies will be to make the supposed control by Parliament illusory rather than real.
As I said at Cabinet, the "common rule book" policy hands control of large swathes of our economy to the EU and is certainly not returning control of our laws in any real sense.
I am also unpersuaded that our negotiating approach will not just lead to further demands for concessions.
Of course this is a complex area of judgement and it is possible that you are right and I am wrong.
However, even in that event it seems to me that the national interest requires a Secretary of State in my Department that is an enthusiastic believer in your approach, and not merely a reluctant conscript.
While I have been grateful to you for the opportunity to serve, it is with great regret that I tender my resignation from the Cabinet with immediate effect.
Yours ever, David Davis.”
Mr. Davis’ departure came just days after Prime Minister May secured the cabinet backing of her Brexit agreement, which her critics described as soft or 'back door remain'. Conservative MP Peter Bone hailed the resignation as a principled and brave decision, saying, "The PM's proposals for a Brexit in name only are not acceptable." Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn took up the opportunity to unleash a scorching attack on the Prime Minister. Mr. Corbyn tweeted, “David Davis resigning at such a crucial time shows @Theresa_May has no authority left and is incapable of delivering Brexit. With her Government in chaos, if she clings on, it's clear she's more interested in hanging on for her own sake than serving the people of our country.”
The resignation spree, however, didn’t end there. Brexit department minister Steve John Baker has followed Mr. Davis to the exit. Conservative Politician Suella Braverman has also put down her resignation.
Prime Minister May’s conservative coalition has been reeling from one political crisis to another, which was triggered by her Brexit gamble, where she called on snap election only to see her outright majority vanish. The Conservative Party, which won 317 seats in a 650-member strong parliament has been governing the UK along with the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) since the election in 2017.


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