Brexit secretary David Davis resigns plunging government into crisis

[muriel_volestrangler]

Source: The Guardian

David Davis has resigned as Brexit secretary, shattering the hard-won consensus around Theresa May’s Chequers deal and plunging her government into crisis.

His resignation was swiftly followed by that of fellow Department for Exiting the EU ministers Steve Baker and Suella Braverman. It forces May to reshuffle her government, at the same time as trying to convince backbenchers to support her plan.

Davis sent a bluntly worded resignation letter to the prime minister, saying he would not be a “reluctant conscript” to the plan agreed at Chequers, which he said was “certainly not returning control of our laws in any real sense”.
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May will now have to confront furious pro-Brexit MPs in parliament on Monday, knowing she has lost the backing of one of the leavers’ champions in government.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jul/08/david-davis-resigns-as-brexit-secretary-reports-say

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Resignation letter: https://www.scribd.com/document/383460393/David-Davis-resignation#from_embed

BBC live thread: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-44762836

Guardian live thread: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2018/jul/09/david-davis-resigns-as-brexit-secretary-live-updates

[OnDoutside]

1. General Election in October ?

[BigmanPigman]

2. Seems like he is making a statement with his resignation.

[muriel_volestrangler]

3. Dominic Raab appointed new Brexit secretary in UK cabinet reshuffle

Dominic Raab, a Brexit-supporting minister, has been promoted to replace David Davis as Brexit secretary, No 10 has announced.

Raab was previously housing minister and replaces Davis, who resigned late on Sunday night saying he could not longer support government policy after the “soft Brexit” Chequers declaration last week.
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Raab was one of the first names mentioned when sources briefed ahead of the Chequers summit that a “talented new generation” of MPs were ready to take the place of cabinet ministers if they resigned. Chief whip Julian Smith is said to have met with Raab before the summit.

His name has been frequently mentioned by colleagues who believe the Conservative leadership should skip a generation. Though he is a Brexit supporter, he comes from the liberal tradition of the party. But some of his past gaffes could come back to haunt him, including once branding feminists “obnoxious bigots” in 2011.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jul/09/dominic-raab-appointed-new-brexit-secretary-in-uk-cabinet-reshuffle

[bucolic_frolic]

4. It's nice that their government can fall at any time

if they fail a confidence vote. isn't that how it works?

We could learn something. Though with one party rule it might strengthen their hand.

[ProfessorPlum]

5. Is there any hope that the UK can step back from this stupid decision?

Time to end the madness and just declare "Brexit" a ridiculous brain fart that won't work. And stay in the EU. And keep it strong against Russian aggression and agitprop.

[muriel_volestrangler]

6. Unlikely. If a large part of the Tories were to say "hard Brexit, with no special deal with the EU

is the only way" and deposed May, that might manage to get the rest of the Tories and Labour etc. to go for a 'no confidence' vote in the news Tory leadership and then an election bringing in a Labour/SNP coalition that tries to delay Brexit and then hold a new referendum on the basis that people now see the full implications of leaving. But there's a lot of "ifs" in that.

It really is hard to work out what happens from here. My current guess is a form of customs union, a bit more closely tied to the EU than what May is currently proposing, with a lot of misdirection in naming to placate the Tory hard Brexiters. That could be achieved without another referendum, and I suspect no one wants to call another of those without being confident of the result.

[ProfessorPlum]

7. thanks

that's too bad.

[Blue_Tires]

8. LOLOLOLOLOLOL Y'ALL SUCK