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UK's May orders ministerial 'away-day' to sort out squabbling ministers

By William James

 

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May attends a G7 and outreach countries summit as part of a G7 summit in the Charlevoix city of La Malbaie, Quebec, Canada, June 9, 2018. REUTERS/Yves Herman

 

LA MALBAIE, Canada (Reuters) - Prime Minister Theresa May will gather together squabbling British ministers at her country residence after this month's European Union summit to hammer out the final details of a much-anticipated Brexit policy paper.

 

With less than a year to go until Britain leaves the European Union, May has yet to agree some of the fundamental details of what type of trading relationship she wants to have with the bloc after Britain leaves in March next year.

 

As a result, talks with the EU have all but ground to a halt, raising fears among businesses and in Brussels that Britain could end up crashing out of the bloc without an agreed deal.

 

"There's going to be a lot happening over the next few weeks. You know, people want us to get on with it and that's exactly what we're doing," May told reporters on her way to a G7 summit in Canada.

 

May will look to the June 28-29 EU summit as a chance to pin down some of the most troublesome details of Britain's exit agreement and pave the way for more intensive talks on the all-important future economic partnership between the world's fifth largest economy and the world's biggest trading bloc.

 

But senior ministers are still at odds about what type of post-Brexit customs arrangement will be best for Britain, meaning talks on the future are unlikely to move far in June.

 

Before leaving for Canada, May was forced into crisis talks with her Brexit minister who had challenged her so-called backstop plan to ensure no hard border on the island of Ireland. Then her foreign minister, Boris Johnson, was recorded saying there could be a Brexit meltdown.

 

With that in mind, May said she was planning to summon ministers to Chequers, her country residence, for an "away-day" aimed at ending months of squabbling and agreeing the contents of a so-called 'white paper' policy document.

 

The white paper is expected to set out in more detail what Britain wants from its long-term relationship with the EU. May did not give a firm date for when it would be published.

 

Ministers had said it would be published before the June EU summit, suggesting rows had helped delay the paper.

 

Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of the opposition Labour party, criticised the delay to the white paper.

 

"The government promised a 'detailed, ambitious and precise' Brexit white paper this month setting out their negotiating priorities.

 

Once again it’s been postponed. The Tories are botching Brexit and risking jobs and our economy in the process," he said in an emailed statement.

 

May said her government and the EU were still working towards an October deadline in talks with the EU to secure an agreement on the terms of Britain's withdrawal and an outline of the future partnership.

 

"We're all, both we and the European Union, working to that timetable of October," May said.

 

"From my point of view what we're doing is working to develop that future relationship because there’s a big prize for the UK here at the end of this."

 

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2018-06-10

[Get Real]

Is she finally going to fire herself? Good Work, May!

[Retiredandhappyhere]

2 hours ago, Get Real said:

Is she finally going to fire herself? Good Work, May!

Meanwhile, Corbyn continues to criticise May and her Government but offers no realistic solutions himself on behalf of the Labour party.  I have said this before but will say it again.  The EU are famous for coming up with compromises at the eleventh hour and Brexit will be no different.  All the posturing and the demands that the UK should come up with all the proposals for an agreement will count for nothing when an acceptable agreement to both sides is reached  and announced at five minutes to midnight on the final day.  The absence of any acceptable agreement should mean no exit billions either.

[dunroaming]

May is there for the taking but nobody wants to replace her and grasp the poisoned chalice. For all the criticism she gets (and thoroughly deserves) is seems that nobody has the guts to step up

[sirineou]

3 minutes ago, dunroaming said:

May is there for the taking but nobody wants to replace her and grasp the poisoned chalice. For all the criticism she gets (and thoroughly deserves) is seems that nobody has the guts to step up

Well said

I am American and aside from general knowledge on the subject don't know much. I am opposed to brexit on principal and intellectual reasons but I could be wrong.

But one has to admire May. if I know the issue correctly, May was against Brexit but when the time came she stood up in the face of a very difficult situation, all the others it seems to me are standing in the sidelines flapping their gums in the wind.

Regardless of the outcome, I think history will judge May well.and she will take her place next to all the British greats.

[John1012]

May is an appeasing incompetent and a ditherer , she should never have been given a ministerial appointment, let alone the job of PM. The Tory party needs to grasp the nettle and replace her with someone who has leadership qualities that can bring the country together again, a democrat and a patriot who will support free expression, equality of the sexes and freedom of religion. Jacob Rees-Mogg fits that description. Unless the Tory mps do this the party will suffer very badly at the next election.

[dunroaming]

17 hours ago, John1012 said:

May is an appeasing incompetent and a ditherer , she should never have been given a ministerial appointment, let alone the job of PM. The Tory party needs to grasp the nettle and replace her with someone who has leadership qualities that can bring the country together again, a democrat and a patriot who will support free expression, equality of the sexes and freedom of religion. Jacob Rees-Mogg fits that description. Unless the Tory mps do this the party will suffer very badly at the next election.

So why doesn't Rees Mogg or Johnson man up and challenge her.  She could have been removed months ago by a leadership challenge. If they haven't got the guts to put themselves forward what makes you think they are capable of doing a better job?   Rees Mogg just likes sniping from the side lines whilst praising May in public.   And you think a gutless coward is the way to go?

[dick dasterdly]

What a load of waffle!

 

They're desperately trying to find away to produce a 'leave in name only' deal -  that won't result in MPs in leave areas being voted out at the next election!  IMO of course.

[dunroaming]

13 minutes ago, dick dasterdly said:

What a load of waffle!

 

They're desperately trying to find away to produce a 'leave in name only' deal -  that won't result in MPs in leave areas being voted out at the next election!  IMO of course.

That certainly applies to quite a lot of the MPs.  But that won't save them.  IMO of course.  The first election after Brexit will be interesting in so many ways.

[Chomper Higgot]

It was all going to be so easy, the EU begging to offer the UK a great deal, nation’s queuing up to immediately sign trade deals favorable to the British, Empire2 and the US waiting with open arms to offer the UK comfort.

 

It’s not going so well though, which is precisely why Brexiteers are becoming increasingly agitated.

 

Eve the Brexiteers’ darling Rees Mogg is talking openly of a 10 year ‘interim period’.

 

10 years is a long time in politics, especially when the majority of your support base have one foot in the grave already.