New deal on Brexit in doubt as Theresa May's ministers quit
Dominic Raab and Esther McVey quit, and their departures — and the resignations of two junior ministers — raise the prospect of the UK leaving the EU without a deal
London — Prime Minister Theresa May battled on Thursday to save a draft divorce deal with the EU after her Brexit secretary and other ministers quit in protest at an agreement they say will trap Britain in the bloc’s orbit for years. Just over 12 hours after May announced that her team of top ministers had agreed to the terms of the draft agreement, Brexit minister Dominic Raab and work and pensions minister Esther McVey quit, saying they could not support it. Their departure, and the resignations of two junior ministers, shakes May’s divided government and her Brexit strategy, raising the prospect of Britain leaving the EU without a deal. Some lawmakers in London openly questioned whether May’s government will survive. Raab is the second Brexit secretary to quit over May’s plans to leave the EU, the biggest shift in British policy in more than 40 years. By leaving now, some suggested that Raab could be positioning himself as a possible successor to May. But the prime minister showe...
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