Chequers
Tomorrow the Cabinet gather at Chequers, the Prime Minister's country residence, for a meeting on Brexit that could bring down the Prime Minister and Government as tensions in the Tory Party boil over
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The official country residence of the Prime Minister, Chequers Court in Buckinghamshire
Former Remain minister predicts resignations after Chequers: “The time has come to chose. She cannot take everyone with her any more, so someone is going to walk”. https://t.co/owNlAckQJC
— Tom Newton Dunn (@tnewtondunn) July 5, 2018Number 10’s proposal is that there will be a “common rule book” between the UK and EU on all goods, including agri-foods. UK will commit by treaty to mirroring EU rules and face “consequences” if we ever seek to diverge on anything.
— Alex Wickham (@alexwickham) July 5, 2018Breaking: Number 10 has conceded to Cabinet ministers that their plan on regulatory alignment would make a trade deal with the US all but impossible
— Alex Wickham (@alexwickham) July 5, 2018A senior member of the government says Number 10's plan will be rejected by Tory Eurosceptics
— Alex Wickham (@alexwickham) July 5, 2018BREAKING: Jacob Rees-Mogg tells PM she should rip up customs plan after @JGForsyth and @WikiGuido scoop: 'If this correct this is not Brexit. This common rulebook means that we are essentially a vassal state. The Prime Minister should imitate Mr Gove and tear up this paper.
— Steven Swinford (@Steven_Swinford) July 5, 2018Leave supporting Tory MP Lucy Allan: "This is not Brexit"
— Alex Wickham (@alexwickham) July 5, 2018
Jacob Rees-Mogg tells @Steven_Swinford: "If this correct this is not Brexit"Owen Paterson: "If true, a complete breach of Theresa May's manifesto commitment, reconfirmed to me at PMQs yesterday, to leave Single Market, Customs Union & ECJ. We could not eliminate tariffs to reduce prices for consumers & businesses, or strike free trade deals."
— Alex Wickham (@alexwickham) July 5, 2018A Whitehall source says that Dexeu considers the government's own Brexit plan unacceptable and that David Davis and others are fighting it.........
— Alex Wickham (@alexwickham) July 5, 2018If the PM backtracks on what the Conservatives put in their manifesto then Brexiteer cabinet ministers *must* resign and bring her down immediately. I've supported her even in swallowing the transition period, but this would be an absolute betrayal of what we voted for. I don't think they quite understand how angry people will be.Hear Remain Cabinet ministers are now discussing threatening to resign if No10 gives any ground to unhappy Brexiteers........
— Alex Wickham (@alexwickham) July 5, 2018
If I were a Tory MP I would have my letter of no confidence written and ready tonight in time to post sometime tomorrow should I need to. Given she's already so weakened, it won't take much to topple her.
Thoughts?