LONDON — Two British Cabinet ministers, including Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab, resigned Thursday in opposition to the divorce deal struck by Prime Minister Theresa May with the EU — a major blow to her authority and her ability to get the deal through Parliament. He asked rhetorically in Parliament, “should I not write” to Graham Brady, who heads a committee governing Conservative leadership contests. Main opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn said May should withdraw the “half-baked” Brexit deal. The deal requires the consent of the European Parliament as well as the British one. The parliament’s chief Brexit official, Guy Verhofstadt, welcomed the draft deal as “the best agreement we could obtain.” Verhofstadt predicted the EU Parliament could approve the deal at the start of next year, well in time of the March 29, 2019 exit.

Source: National Post November 15, 2018 12:56 UTC