Adonis resigned on Friday in protest at Theresa May’s management of Brexit, describing the process as “a dangerous populist and nationalist spasm worthy of Donald Trump”. “I hope we can bring the common sense of the British people to bear when they realise what the consequences [of Brexit] are,” Adonis said. Andrew Adonis, a Europhile Labour peer who previously served as transport minister, was appointed chair of a cross-party National Infrastructure Commission in 2015. Adonis was elected as a Social Democrat to Oxford city council in 1987 before serving for the Liberal Democrats until 1991. It benefits only the billionaire owners of these companies and their shareholders, while pushing rail fares still higher and threatening national infrastructure investment.

Source: The Guardian December 29, 2017 17:55 UTC