COUNTDOWN TO LEAVING EU
Tory ministers more combative about Brexit
Birmingham — Britain cannot be bullied, Brexit minister Dominic Raab said on Monday, sharpening the government’s criticism of the EU for taunting Prime Minister Theresa May and souring difficult Brexit talks. May’s ministers have come out one by one at their party’s annual conference in Birmingham to warn the EU that they will embrace leaving without a deal if the bloc fails to show "respect" in the talks to end Britain’s membership. Just six months before Britain is due to leave the EU in the country’s biggest shift in foreign and trade policy in more than 40 years, May faces growing criticism over her plans to leave not only in her governing party but also in Brussels. Party unity is on ministers’ minds, encouraging the faithful to direct their anger at the EU rather than at their prime minister, who some eurosceptic campaigners accuse of leading Britain towards a "Brexit in name only".
Other ministers, such as finance minister Philip Hammond, have moved to point out that le...
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