British Prime Minister Theresa May will try to win the support of her
divided Cabinet on Wednesday for a draft deal to leave the European
Union after months of stalled talks, bickering and setbacks that have
threatened the messy divorce known as Brexit and May's leadership.
Britain is due to leave the bloc in March. On Tuesday, it broke a four-month-long logjam with EU negotiators over the terms of its withdrawal, including a plan to keep the border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland open after Brexit.
But pro-Brexit lawmakers in May’s divided Conservative Party are angry, saying the agreement will leave Britain tethered to the EU after it departs the bloc. Failure to secure Cabinet backing will leave May’s leadership in doubt and Brexit in chaos.
"Theresa May’s Brexit agreement is the worst deal in history," Nigel Farage, the British politician and broadcaster who helped engineer the June 2016 Brexit vote, tweeted. Farage represents Britain in the European Parliament in Brussels and is also under investigation by the US Mueller probe as to his involvement with the Russians and Donald Trump's "Hanky Panky" with the Russians during his Presidental election campaign, and after his election as President.
May herself told lawmakers on Tuesday that the draft deal "takes us significantly closer to delivering what the British people voted for" when they decided to leave the bloc. She said the deal means that Britain will "take back control" of its laws and borders "while protecting jobs, security and the integrity of our United Kingdom."
Note EU-Digest: a majority of the British population in the latest polls show they want a new Referendum on Britain's EU membership.
Read more: Brexit: Britain's messy EU divorce faces new showdown
Britain is due to leave the bloc in March. On Tuesday, it broke a four-month-long logjam with EU negotiators over the terms of its withdrawal, including a plan to keep the border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland open after Brexit.
But pro-Brexit lawmakers in May’s divided Conservative Party are angry, saying the agreement will leave Britain tethered to the EU after it departs the bloc. Failure to secure Cabinet backing will leave May’s leadership in doubt and Brexit in chaos.
"Theresa May’s Brexit agreement is the worst deal in history," Nigel Farage, the British politician and broadcaster who helped engineer the June 2016 Brexit vote, tweeted. Farage represents Britain in the European Parliament in Brussels and is also under investigation by the US Mueller probe as to his involvement with the Russians and Donald Trump's "Hanky Panky" with the Russians during his Presidental election campaign, and after his election as President.
May herself told lawmakers on Tuesday that the draft deal "takes us significantly closer to delivering what the British people voted for" when they decided to leave the bloc. She said the deal means that Britain will "take back control" of its laws and borders "while protecting jobs, security and the integrity of our United Kingdom."
Note EU-Digest: a majority of the British population in the latest polls show they want a new Referendum on Britain's EU membership.
Read more: Brexit: Britain's messy EU divorce faces new showdown
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