Theresa May loses another minister over Brexit moves
Chris Heaton-Harris, a junior minister in Prime Minister Theresa May's government, quit his job on Wednesday because he did not support any further extension to Britain's departure from the European Union. "I simply cannot support any further extension to Article 50 and this obviously means I cannot stay in government," he said in a letter to May.
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- Published Date: 07:15 | 03 April 2019
- Modified Date: 07:15 | 03 April 2019
Another minister has quit British Prime Minister Theresa May's government over her decision to seek a Brexit compromise with the opposition.
Chris Heaton-Harris, a junior Brexit minister, said Wednesday that May "should have honored the result of the 2016 referendum" to leave the European Union and withdrawn as planned on March 29.
The EU extended that long-scheduled date to April 12 at May's request, and the prime minister says she plans to ask for even more time.
Heaton-Harris published his resignation letter to May saying "every time we seek an extension to this process we diminish faith in our political system."
Another junior minister, Nigel Adams, resigned earlier Wednesday over May's handling of Brexit.
May announced Tuesday that she would seek a compromise with opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, after Parliament rejected her EU divorce deal three times.
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