“She hasn’t set out what Brexit means and she doesn’t want to be held to account on vital issues such as stripping away workers’ rights and environmental safeguards”.
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Hardline Brexiteers want to pull out of the internal market completely but those who advocate a “soft Brexit” want Britain to stay in at any cost.
“David Davis, Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt should have the courage of their previous convictions and argue in Cabinet for the second referendum they used to believe in”.
Hammond has reportedly insisted in private that “everything is on the table”, with nervous treasury officials keen to ensure top priority is given to ensure the financial services industry retain its access to the single market.
The leaders of the European Union and its member states say that Britain can not remain in the single market without allowing free of movement of European Union workers.
Investors now see the United Kingdom as a passport to the wider European market and almost half of British exports go to EU countries.
Ms. May, a euroskeptic who remained neutral during June’s referendum on leaving the European Union, was appointed prime minister last month following David Cameron’s resignation as Conservative Party leader. The suggestion is that triggering Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty will be delayed and delayed for so long that the formal commencement of a two-year negotiated exit will never take place.
He wrote to Theresa May after commissioning the House of Commons library to list the employment rights that now arise due to the UK’s membership of the European Union, and which he said would “fall away” on departure from the union.
The process that will take place before a formal United Kingdom exit has caused a backlash in parliament after it emerged that May will not give MPs a vote before invoking article 50.
Does May’s determination to show that “Brexit means Brexit”, as she famously said on taking office, mean we should expect to see Article 50 triggered this year? The UK prime minister has also challenged each cabinet minister -more than three quarters of whom campaigned for Britain to stay in the European Union – to identify Brexit opportunities in their areas of responsibility, the Sunday Telegraph reported today.
“She’s [May] looked at the numbers and she knows she might not win a vote in parliament”, Smith said.
Some public opinion polls following the June 23 referendum suggests Britons prioritize access to the Single Market over immigration control.
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The Telegraph in London has quoted government sources saying May will not hold a parliamentary vote on Brexit before opening negotiations to formally trigger Britain’s withdrawal from the EU.
