Tory MP quits over Brexit bill – saying “values of honouring one’s word” are dear to him
"I feel strongly about keeping the commitments we make; if we give our word, then we must honour it."
"I feel strongly about keeping the commitments we make; if we give our word, then we must honour it."
“We absolutely must have an ambitious EU-UK trade agreement in place by January. Otherwise our sector, already reeling from the Covid crisis, will be hit hard by a double whammy.”
Here's a reminder of all the firms that have gone the other way.
An amendment to the bill has a "good chance to significant support", according to rebels.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, that number increases to 45 per cent among Leave voters.
“But if they do not, and the talk collapse, then it is their failure and incompetence that will have let the British people down.”
Liam Fox accused the "metropolitan" media of "talking down" the UK's prospects post-Brexit.
David Jones - the vice-chairman of the European Research Group of hardline eurosceptic Conservative MPs - told a Telegraph podcast that there is now only a “20 per cent, 25 per cent” chance of a deal.
With Boris Johnson seemingly intent on blowing up trade talks with the European Union, the final shape of the UK’s relationship with Brussels (or lack thereof) seems to be taking shape - and many are adamant that it is nothing like what voters were promised.
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