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Denzil_DC

(8,030 posts) Sun Jul 8, 2018, 06:06 PM Jul 2018

David Davis resigns as Brexit secretary [UPDATE: JOHNSON'S GONE TOO!] [View all]

Last edited Mon Jul 9, 2018, 09:15 AM - Edit history (1)

It comes after Mr Davis is understood to have disagreed with Theresa May's plans for future customs arrangements with EU.

Tory Brexiteers have threatened to challenge the prime minister's leadership over a strategy agreed by ministers after 12 hours of closed talks at Chequers on Friday.

Some Conservative MPs told The Independent they believed there could be enough disgruntled MPs willing to trigger a leadership contest in a bid to remove Ms May.

But even if the 48 needed to oust Ms May materialised, a poll for The Independent showed a majority of the public would expect a general election to be called if Ms May goes.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-david-davis-resigns-cabinet-eu-customs-chequers-arrangements-plan-a8437806.html

I'd class this resignation as breaking news, so details are thin at the moment, but it's been confirmed by various outlets, including the BBC.

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David Davis resigns as Brexit secretary [UPDATE: JOHNSON'S GONE TOO!] [View all] Denzil_DC Jul 2018 OP

The Independent's now updating its story: Denzil_DC Jul 2018 #1

May must make the case for patriotism. Eyeball_Kid Jul 2018 #27

And another one's going: Denzil_DC Jul 2018 #2

Davis's resignation letter: Denzil_DC Jul 2018 #3

And May's reply: Denzil_DC Jul 2018 #4

From all that, it's difficult to know who to blame more.... T_i_B Jul 2018 #5

Agree on all points LeftishBrit Jul 2018 #6

Commiserations on having President Fart nearby this week T_i_B Jul 2018 #17

Quite a lot of us were there to express our views on having him in our backyard! LeftishBrit Jul 2018 #24

I support the anti-Trump protestors even more now.... T_i_B Jul 2018 #25

My reading is that May finally realized that the only way out of the years-long impasse Denzil_DC Jul 2018 #8

From a distance, seems to me it all began with Cameron. Matilda Jul 2018 #23

Steve Baker and Suella Braverman have also resigned LeftishBrit Jul 2018 #7

Johnson finally resigns! Denzil_DC Jul 2018 #9

Good riddance, except that he may now seek the keys to No. 10 and ultra-hard Brexit LeftishBrit Jul 2018 #10

The thought of Boris as PM obviously isn't one I'm keen on. Denzil_DC Jul 2018 #11

I think that although opinion polls would want a GE I doubt the Tories would listen Soph0571 Jul 2018 #12

One name being mentioned as Foreign Secretary on social media at the moment is Gove. Denzil_DC Jul 2018 #13

I think he would fly to take that job Soph0571 Jul 2018 #14

I suspect he'd do his damnedest to sprout wings if he could! Denzil_DC Jul 2018 #15

Oh, and this is fun: Denzil_DC Jul 2018 #16

I checked oddschecker for who was favourite as new Foreign Secretary. "Tristram Hunt", strangely muriel_volestrangler Jul 2018 #18

The bookies, for once, don't seem to have any more of a clue than the rest of us: Denzil_DC Jul 2018 #20

It's Jeremy H*nt T_i_B Jul 2018 #21

If Labour win a general election and get saddled with this mess.... T_i_B Jul 2018 #19

So now Jeremy Rhyming-Slang will be Foreign Secretary LeftishBrit Jul 2018 #22

One thing worrying me about Boris Johnson is his ambition. calimary Jul 2018 #26

I think he will be pontificating for the Telegraph again. T_i_B Jul 2018 #28

Indeed, having had to give up his Telegraph column when he became Home Secretary, Denzil_DC Jul 2018 #29

Add this to the list: Denzil_DC Jul 2018 #30