Theresa May dismissed criticism from Priti Patel, who resigned from her frontbench role this month Stefan Rousseau/PATheresa May hit back against Priti Patel after the former minister attacked the government’s Brexit strategy as lacking “conviction and clarity in terms of our end state”. Ms Patel, who quit as international development secretary this month after it emerged that she had failed to disclose full details of meetings with Israeli politicians, said the UK was “ill-equipped in terms of preparations for the negotiations”. Ms Patel who is a leading Brexiteer, told an event organised by The Spectator magazine it was a failing and “not an ideal state” that the prime minister has not set out her vision for Britain after it leaves the EU. Mrs May dismissed her colleague’s criticism last night, saying: “We’ve done a lot of preparatory work for the Brexit…

Source: The Times November 29, 2017 17:15 UTC