LONDON, Oct 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is facing a new rebellion from his cabinet over concerns of a no-deal Brexit, with a group of five cabinet ministers being on a “resignation watch list”, The Times newspaper reported.
Culture Secretary Nicky Morgan, British Minister for Northern Ireland Julian Smith, Justice Secretary Robert Buckland, Health Minister Matt Hancock and Attorney-General Geoffrey Cox are on the watch list, according to the report.
An unnamed cabinet minister cited by the newspaper said that a “very large number” of Conservative members of parliament will quit if it comes to a no-deal Brexit.
“Cabinet will set the strategy, not unelected officials. If this is an attempt to do that then it will fail”, the report quoted another cabinet minister as having said.
Britain has been trying for more than three years to find a way to deliver on the result of a 2016 referendum and end its almost five-decade involvement in the European bloc.
Riding a wave of British frustrations with the saga, Johnson is threatening to leave at any cost – with or without a withdrawal deal – on Oct 31. — NNN-AGENCIES
