In an interview with the Sunday Times newspaper, Jacob Rees-Mogg, Chair of the European Research Group, a faction within May’s Conservative Party, and tipped as a possible successor to Theresa May, noted that the UK PM Theresa May could face trouble getting her Brexit deal approved by the British parliament
Key Quotes (via Reuters):
“If she sticks with Chequers, she will find she has a block of votes against her in the House of Commons.”
“Of course the Eurosceptics in parliament are not in a majority on all issues, but we will inevitably be in a majority on some of them and that will make the legislation extraordinarily difficult if it is based on Chequers.”
“If the prime minister came to the House of Commons with a Canada-plus style Brexit, people like me would say, ‘Yes, that’s all right,’ and people who are strongly pro-European would say, ‘Yes, that’s better than leaving on World Trade Organization terms,'”
“So although that wouldn’t be what people might choose, it could command a majority.”
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