Tory MP Mark Field to quit over Brexit approach
The MP for Cities of London and Westminster said: 'I still believe in my heart that the UK would be better served by remaining in or very closely aligned to the EU'
The MP for Cities of London and Westminster said: 'I still believe in my heart that the UK would be better served by remaining in or very closely aligned to the EU'
Key moments in the long-running process.
The controversial counter-proposal to Boris Johnson’s deal would see the Irish backstop scrapped while removing a customs border in the Irish sea and keeping the border open.
“Would I rather accept a new European treaty that is frankly very bad for us? Or would I prefer for us to have an extension and a general election? I would always prefer the latter option.”
Announcement throws political parties’ response on Saturday’s historic vote into disarray.
The biggest sticking point in the talks between the EU and the UK was how to ensure free-flowing movement across the Irish border.
Such a move could win favour from the Liberal Democrats, the SNP and a handful of the 21 Tory rebels who lost the whip over supporting the Benn act.
Cable: I want the Lib Dems to become a “party of more open, internationalist liberal people who would absorb social democrats of the Labour Party and one-nation conservatives.”
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