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BREAKING: Britain’s Brexit minister resigns

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6 years ago

November 15, 2018

British Prime Minister Theresa May suffered a huge blow on Thursday as Dominic Raab quit as her Brexit secretary , saying he “ must resign ” over the proposed EU withdrawal agreement .“I cannot reconcile the terms of the proposed deal with the promises we made to the country in our manifesto , ” he said in his resignation letter , published on his Twitter account .

“I believe that the regulatory regime proposed for Northern Ireland presents a very real threat to the integrity of the United Kingdom , ” he said.

Raab added that he was opposed to “ an indefinite backstop arrangement ” to guarantee the Irish border remains free -flowing , saying the EU would hold “ a veto over our ability to exit ”.

“No democratic nation has ever signed up to be bound by such an extensive regime , imposed externally without any democratic control over the laws to be applied , nor the ability to decide to exit the arrangement , ” he wrote .

( AFP )