U.K. Science Minister Quits Over Theresa May's Brexit Deal
(Bloomberg) -- Theresa May's efforts to convince British lawmakers to back the Brexit agreement she signed last week suffered a further setback when another minister resigned from her government and vowed to vote against her deal.
Sam Gyimah quit as science minister on Friday because he said May's plan will leave Britain poorer and at the beck and call of European politicians. The Prime Minister has already lost the support of ministers including Esther McVey, the work and pensions secretary, and Dominic Raab, the Brexit secretary.
“It is a deal in name only,” Gyimah said in a post on his Facebook page. “And we will be relying on the good faith of the EU to deliver the bespoke deal we have been led to expect.”
He also suggested it may be necessary to delay Brexit and even ask Britons to vote in a new referendum. Gyimah, who was in the Remain camp in the 2016 vote, cited the failure of talks to keep Britain in the EU's Galileo satellite program as a sign of the difficulties to come under May's deal.
“It has become increasingly clear to me that the proposed deal is not in the British national interest, and that to vote for this deal is to set ourselves up for failure,” he said. “We will be losing, not taking control of our national destiny.”
Read: Britain quits part of Galileo satellite system
For May, it's yet another hurdle to her campaign to get lawmakers to back her accord. Parliament will vote on whether to accept the terms of the settlement on Dec. 11 and, if May's plan is defeated, she says she'll press ahead with preparing to exit the EU without a deal. She has repeatedly rejected any talk of a second vote.
A no-deal Brexit would risk a recession, a major hit to the pound, and longer-term damage to economic growth, according to analysis published this week.
Read: BOE outlines dire scenario for no-deal divorce
To contact the reporter on this story: James Ludden in New York at jludden@bloomberg.net
To contact the editors responsible for this story: Matthew G. Miller at mmiller144@bloomberg.net, Jason Gale, John McCluskey
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