"May expected to clarify resignation timetable"

International Live: British Prime Minister Theresa May is expected to set out her departure plans within days, the leader of backbench lawmakers in her governing Conservative Party said Saturday.

Graham Brady, who chairs the 1922 Committee of rank-and-file Conservative MPs, said he expected May to provide clarity on her exit timetable at a meeting with him on Wednesday. He also said he thought talks between the government and the Labour main opposition on a compromise Brexit deal will flounder within days.

“If the customs union is agreed without a second referendum then half the Labour Party won’t vote for whatever comes through regardless, and if a customs union is agreed then most of the Conservative Party isn’t going to support it,” said Brady.

“So, I can’t see that is a very productive route to follow, and I may be wrong, but I suspect it will peter out in the next few days without having come to any significant conclusion.”

“The 1922 executive has asked her to give that clarity. She has offered to come and meet the executive, which we’ve accepted,” Brady said. “It would be strange for that not to result in a clear understanding at the end of the meeting.

 

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