Race to succeed Theresa May centres on no-deal Brexit battle
Four of the Conservative leadership hopefuls have said Britain must leave the EU on October 31 with or without a deal
London — The prospect of a no-deal Brexit was fast becoming the central battle of the race to succeed Prime Minister Theresa May on Sunday, as environment minister Michael Gove became the latest candidate to declare. May said on Friday she is quitting over her failure to deliver Brexit, potentially opening the way for a new leader who could seek a more divisive split with the EU and lead to confrontation with the bloc or a possible parliamentary election.
Setting out their pitch to the Conservative Party’s largely pro-Brexit membership who will decide the outcome of the contest, four of the leadership hopefuls have said Britain must leave the EU on October 31 even if this means a no-deal Brexit.“I will fight for a fairer deal in Brussels … if not I will be clear we will leave on WTO [World Trade Organisation] terms in October,” former Brexit minister Dominic Raab, whom bookmakers rank as the second favourite to win, told BBC TV.“If you’re not willing to walk away from a negoti...
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