Conservative politician, and Boris Johnson’s brother, Jo Johnson has recently announced his resignation in a Medium post titled “Why I cannot support the Government’s proposed Brexit deal.” Below are some key takeaways from the statement.
- It has become increasingly clear to me that the Withdrawal Agreement, which is being finalised in Brussels and Whitehall even as I write, will be a terrible mistake.
- What is now being proposed won’t be anything like what was promised two years ago.
- Even if we eventually secure a customs arrangement for trade in goods, it will be bad news for the service sector “” for firms in finance, in IT, in communications and digital technology.
- When we were told Brexit meant taking back powers for Parliament, no one told my constituents this meant the French parliament and the German parliament, not our own.
- The proposed Withdrawal Agreement parks many of the biggest issues about our future relationship with Europe into a boundless transitionary period.
- Britain stands on the brink of the greatest crisis since the Second World War.
- I have today written to the Prime Minister asking her to accept my resignation from the Government.
- It is now my intention to vote against this Withdrawal Agreement.