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David Davis steps down as Brexit secretary in blow to PM – live updates David Davis steps down as Brexit secretary in blow to Theresa May – live updates
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There are mixed signals on when Theresa May plans to appoint a new Brexit secretary.
May to announce her new Brexit secretary after 9am. One Brexiteer source reckons Grayling or Fox - they have been the most loyal. Gove possible too; but trickier to handle
Stand down - I'm told new Brexit Secretary WON'T be announced at 9am. "These things take a while... it will be sometime this morning," says No10 source
Another Brexiter MP has also expressed backing for Davis. Andrew Bridgen said the former Brexit secretary had done “absolutely the right thing” in resigning.
Spekaing to ITV’s Good Morning Britain, Bridgen said: “I take my hat off to him. I also salute his two deputies who’ve also resigned - Steve Baker and Suella Braverman - that’s basically cleared out the whole of the Exiting the European Union department.
“I think (with) the now-discredited Chequers agreement the prime minister is going to have to have a complete re-think on this. There’s no way she’s going to get that proposal through Parliament. Not even through the government benches.”
Jenkin stopped just short of calling for Theresa May to go, but he was scathing of her Brexit plan and suggested she was intent on reversing the result of the referendum.
He said: “The establishment and the government is in the grip of remainers. And they seem to refuse to accept the EU referendum. They have deliberately extended the uncertainty for as long as possible and that is now hitting investment.
“They have never pushed back on any of the guidelines that the EU has published. So there has not really been any negotiation, there’s only been submission.
“What we have here is the elected politicians trying to overturn the result of the referendum with the support of the European Union.”
Jenkin added:
There has been a massive haemorrhage of trust in the last few days because in all my meetings with the prime minister, I never expected this to be the result. And I never expected the vicious briefing against Eurosceptics in the cabinet to take place as it has done.
There needs to be a rebuilding of trust and I think that trust can only be rebuilt on the basis of the policy that was reflected in Mrs May’s original speeches, not in this hybrid proposal ... All the way through in this document there is a specific reference to the European Court of Justice. So if our courts or our parliament deviates from what the European Court of Justice and the Commission wants, it says there will be consequences.
So clearly we going to have to carry on being a kind of fax democracy which is the worst of all possible worlds.
This isn’t cabinet government and if the prime minister thinks she has consent and support from every member of her cabinet she is deluding herself, as we have just seen.
He added that if May did not reform her Brexit plan “I fear for our country and I fear for this party.”
The Leave backing backbencher Bernard Jenkin has backed Davis, saying he was left with no choice. Speaking to BBC Radio 4’s Today programme he complained of “vicious briefing” against Brexiter ministers.The Leave backing backbencher Bernard Jenkin has backed Davis, saying he was left with no choice. Speaking to BBC Radio 4’s Today programme he complained of “vicious briefing” against Brexiter ministers.
“The prime minister needs to take the policy off the table”, he said.“The prime minister needs to take the policy off the table”, he said.
As Tim Shipman, political editor of the Sunday Times, points out, only last week Jenkin was urging MPs to back Theresa May.As Tim Shipman, political editor of the Sunday Times, points out, only last week Jenkin was urging MPs to back Theresa May.
The irony of this interview is that Bernard Jenkin spent much of last week urging people to back the prime ministerThe irony of this interview is that Bernard Jenkin spent much of last week urging people to back the prime minister
Scotland’s first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, has tweeted: “The chequers unity didn’t last long. This UK government is in utter chaos and ebbing authority by the day. What a shambles.” That’s just what the Mirror said.Scotland’s first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, has tweeted: “The chequers unity didn’t last long. This UK government is in utter chaos and ebbing authority by the day. What a shambles.” That’s just what the Mirror said.
Theresa May is expected to reshuffle her cabinet very quickly indeed, with a Downing Street source saying it is likely to begin some time after 9am. The source said: “We have a plan agreed at Chequers, as the PM says in her letter to DD [David Davis], and we are moving forward.”Theresa May is expected to reshuffle her cabinet very quickly indeed, with a Downing Street source saying it is likely to begin some time after 9am. The source said: “We have a plan agreed at Chequers, as the PM says in her letter to DD [David Davis], and we are moving forward.”
The speed of the reshuffle indicates May and her team had such an eventuality in mind, and were ready to respond.The speed of the reshuffle indicates May and her team had such an eventuality in mind, and were ready to respond.
Pro-leave Tory MP Andrea Jenkyns, who has cheered Davis’s resignation and has called for more ministers to go, seems to have not got much sleep overnight. A long day looms:Pro-leave Tory MP Andrea Jenkyns, who has cheered Davis’s resignation and has called for more ministers to go, seems to have not got much sleep overnight. A long day looms:
Just done a 'down the line' pre-record; never again with my little 15 month old in tow. Who was blowing raspberries, coughing, jumping on me and trying to get in on the action. Distracting but reminds you what is truly important! #BabiesAreGreatJust done a 'down the line' pre-record; never again with my little 15 month old in tow. Who was blowing raspberries, coughing, jumping on me and trying to get in on the action. Distracting but reminds you what is truly important! #BabiesAreGreat
Carolyn Fairbairn, the director general of the CBI, has described the resignation as a “blow”, pointing out that business liked certainty, and the Chequers proposals started to look something like certainty.Carolyn Fairbairn, the director general of the CBI, has described the resignation as a “blow”, pointing out that business liked certainty, and the Chequers proposals started to look something like certainty.
She told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “That inability to take decisions over several months had become a huge challenge in terms of uncertainty.”She told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “That inability to take decisions over several months had become a huge challenge in terms of uncertainty.”
David Davis will be speaking to the Today programme at 8.10am.David Davis will be speaking to the Today programme at 8.10am.
I am very happy to hear the news of @DavidDavisMP and @SteveBakerHW resignations. Men of principle who wish to honour people's decision to leave the EU and negotiate well.I am very happy to hear the news of @DavidDavisMP and @SteveBakerHW resignations. Men of principle who wish to honour people's decision to leave the EU and negotiate well.
The Remain side is starting to make its voice heard now. Conservative MP Anna Soubry has said May’s Brexit plan was “far from perfect” but represented “grown-up steps”. “Not the time for egos, grandstanding and blind ideology (& interestingly no Brexit plan of their own..) it is time to put the interests of our country first & foremost,” she tweeted. She did not mention Davis or his resignation explicitly.The Remain side is starting to make its voice heard now. Conservative MP Anna Soubry has said May’s Brexit plan was “far from perfect” but represented “grown-up steps”. “Not the time for egos, grandstanding and blind ideology (& interestingly no Brexit plan of their own..) it is time to put the interests of our country first & foremost,” she tweeted. She did not mention Davis or his resignation explicitly.
Jacob Rees-Mogg has been the most prominent pro-Brexit MP to speak and has called for a change in May’s Brexit vision, rather than a change of leadership. Boris Johnson has stayed silent thus far, though he is scheduled to appear at a western Balkans summit in London this afternoon.Jacob Rees-Mogg has been the most prominent pro-Brexit MP to speak and has called for a change in May’s Brexit vision, rather than a change of leadership. Boris Johnson has stayed silent thus far, though he is scheduled to appear at a western Balkans summit in London this afternoon.
The pound lost earlier gains after news of Davis’s resignation emerged and was effectively flat at $1.330. Sterling had climbed to $1.3328 earlier in the session, its highest since June 14.The pound lost earlier gains after news of Davis’s resignation emerged and was effectively flat at $1.330. Sterling had climbed to $1.3328 earlier in the session, its highest since June 14.
Yukio Ishizuki, senior currency strategist at Daiwa Securities in Tokyo, said: “If negotiations with the European Union do not progress, there is the possibility of a hard Brexit, so I think it would become a reason to sell.Yukio Ishizuki, senior currency strategist at Daiwa Securities in Tokyo, said: “If negotiations with the European Union do not progress, there is the possibility of a hard Brexit, so I think it would become a reason to sell.
“On the other hand, there is also the possibility negotiations will progress after the minister is changed ... and the pound could be rapidly bought back.”“On the other hand, there is also the possibility negotiations will progress after the minister is changed ... and the pound could be rapidly bought back.”