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Theresa May loyalists insist her Brexit plan still workable despite EU rejection Theresa May loyalists insist her Brexit plan still workable despite EU rejection
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Cabinet ministers and loyalists to Theresa May are seeking to defend her beleaguered Brexit strategy, insisting her Chequers proposals are still workable even after their rejection by EU leaders at Thursday’s Salzburg summit.Cabinet ministers and loyalists to Theresa May are seeking to defend her beleaguered Brexit strategy, insisting her Chequers proposals are still workable even after their rejection by EU leaders at Thursday’s Salzburg summit.
It was up to the EU to “engage with what’s on the table” in the form of the Chequers deal, said the housing secretary, James Brokenshire, as the former minister Stephen Crabb urged May to “stick to her guns”.It was up to the EU to “engage with what’s on the table” in the form of the Chequers deal, said the housing secretary, James Brokenshire, as the former minister Stephen Crabb urged May to “stick to her guns”.
“The easy thing for the prime minister to do would be to go with one of those two options that are being proffered,” said Brokenshire, in reference to the touted alternative deals for governing Britain’s post-Brexit relationship.“The easy thing for the prime minister to do would be to go with one of those two options that are being proffered,” said Brokenshire, in reference to the touted alternative deals for governing Britain’s post-Brexit relationship.
“EEA, which does not deliver on what the people voted for in the EU referendum on freedom of movement, or Canada, which would effectively break up the UK,” he told BBC’s Today programme. “EEA, which does not deliver on what the people voted for in the EU referendum on freedom of movement, or Canada, which would effectively break up the UK,” he told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme.
He was speaking after the transport secretary, Chris Grayling, hit back on Thursday night, declaring that there were no changes to the Chequers plan on the table and the EU’s demands on Northern Ireland were impossible for the UK to accept. He was speaking after the transport secretary, Chris Grayling, hit back on Thursday night, declaring there were no changes to the Chequers plan on the table and the EU’s demands on Northern Ireland were impossible for the UK to accept.
“The PM has set out red lines that this country is not going to stay in the single market, we’re not going to stay in the customs union – I agree with her on those, that’s the government’s position,” he said.“The PM has set out red lines that this country is not going to stay in the single market, we’re not going to stay in the customs union – I agree with her on those, that’s the government’s position,” he said.
The attempted circling of wagons by Tory MPs in support prime minister – just over a week before the Conservative party conference – comes after EU leaders led by Donald Tusk and Emmanuel Macron rejected her Chequers plan as it stood, prompting Conservative hard Brexiters to demand it be abandoned. The attempted circling of wagons by Tory MPs in support of the prime minister – just over a week before the Conservative party conference – comes after EU leaders led by Donald Tusk and Emmanuel Macron rejected her Chequers plan as it stood, prompting Conservative hard Brexiters to demand it be abandoned.
May was also set an October deadline for a solution on the Irish border issue just hours after informing Leo Varadkar, the Irish taoiseach, in a private breakfast meeting that she felt it would be impossible to come to a compromise within such a timescale. A clearly nervous and angry May told reporters on Thursday that EU leaders were engaged in negotiating tactics designed to throw her off course. May was also set an October deadline for a solution on the Irish border issue hours after informing Leo Varadkar, the Irish taoiseach, in a private breakfast meeting that she felt it would be impossible to come to a compromise within such a timescale. A clearly nervous and angry May told reporters on Thursday that EU leaders were engaged in negotiating tactics designed to throw her off course.
Crabb said on Friday that the prime minister must not panic over Brexit negotiations and insisted: “There’s still life left in this. The prime minister can’t back down.”Crabb said on Friday that the prime minister must not panic over Brexit negotiations and insisted: “There’s still life left in this. The prime minister can’t back down.”
“The first rule is: don’t panic,” the Pembrokeshire MP said.“The first rule is: don’t panic,” the Pembrokeshire MP said.
“One of the outcomes the EU leaders wanted from yesterday was for Britain to go away, push the panic button and rethink, but the prime minister needs to stick to her guns. I actually think the Chequers proposal is not perfect but broadly represents the kind of compromising package that protects Britain’s industrial base, that protects agriculture and represents a positive position to take into the negotiations.” “One of the outcomes the EU leaders wanted from yesterday was for Britain to go away, push the panic button and rethink, but the prime minister needs to stick to her guns … the Chequers proposal is not perfect but broadly represents the kind of compromising package that protects Britain’s industrial base, that protects agriculture and represents a positive position to take into the negotiations.”
However, Crabb went on to say that the way in which EU leader had sought to “belittle” May in Salzburg had taken many in the Conservative party by surprise and had pushed people like him to a position where they felt “ the quicker we’re out of this circus, the better”. However, Crabb went on to say that the way in which EU leaders had sought to “belittle” May in Salzburg had taken many in the Conservative party by surprise and had pushed people like him to a position where they felt “the quicker we’re out of this circus, the better”.
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