Theresa May is under intense pressure to abandon cross-party Brexit talks, after a group of senior Conservative figures, including leadership contenders Boris Johnson and Dominic Raab, issued a strongly worded warning against any deal that involved a customs union. Such a move would be likely to be regarded with exasperation by Britain’s EU negotiating partners, who signed off on the withdrawal agreement as a package. Cabinet is expected to discuss whether to press ahead with any more Brexit talks with Labour or move to a series of parliamentary votes with a binding outcome – or “definitive votes”. One option may be for May to publish the withdrawal agreement bill but not allow its second reading just yet. However, some Brexit-supporting Conservative MPs scoffed at this prospect, saying it was inconceivable that May would remain in post long enough for this to happen.

Source: The Guardian May 13, 2019 18:58 UTC