Sunday, July 8, 2018

PM May in Trouble at Home

Matt Drudge links to articles in the Daily Mail and the Sun (both U.K.) which report Theresa May's cabinet minister for Brexit - David Davis - has resigned in protest at her refusal to do a clean exit from the EU. It is reported two junior ministers may have also quit.

This story bears close watching, May is trying to do an "exit" that is anything but complete. It is reported to leave the U.K. subject to EU rules without any say-so over what the EU decides. It isn't going to work for Britain, being something like what Norway puts up with.

If these resignations are followed by several more, May's tenure as Prime Minister will likely be at an end. Whether her Conservatives will retain power is anybody's guess.

The U.K. leaves the EU in less than nine months, on March 29 of next year. Like us, the Brits live in interesting times.

Later ... Reuters is reporting U.K. foreign minister Boris Johnson has resigned for the same reasons as Davis. Johnson is another straight-ahead supporter of Brexit. At this writing on Monday, no others have been announced.