Eurosceptic members of the United Kingdom’s Conservative Party have failed to agree on an alternative plan for Brexit that could replace that of Prime Minister Theresa May, media reports suggest.
The Financial Times said Tuesday that the hardline Tories had failed to agree on a draft document announced last week and meant to replace May’s white paper for Brexit, which has been known as Chequers plan after it was announced in early July in premier’s country residence with the same name.
Jacob Rees-Mogg, a fierce critic of May’s Brexit strategy, said he and other supporters of the alternative plan had revised their intention of publishing the 140-page draft after they failed to reach an agreement on the document.
“The truth is that we reconsidered,” said Rees-Mogg, who chairs the pro-Brexit European Research Group which compiled the draft.
Eurosceptics’ failure to agree on an alternative Brexit strategy comes amid reports that…