A senior Conservative Party lawmaker of the British parliament has announced that at least 40 of his colleagues are ready to vote down a deal on country’s withdrawal from the European Union, saying they cannot accept a half-in half-out Brexit.
“Colleagues will not tolerate a half-in, half-out Brexit,” said Steve Baker, a former junior minister under Prime Minister Theresa May’s government who resigned in July in protest to the premier’s Brexit strategy.
Baker reiterated a position adopted by rebellious Tories that May’s withdrawal plan, if succeeded to generate a deal with the EU, would make Britain more dependent on the bloc in future.
The lawmaker is among many in May’s own Tory party who have accused the premier of being too lenient in talks with the EU. They have indicated that the number of Conservative lawmakers that could reject a final Brexit deal by May could even exceed 80.
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