The UK and EU have finally agreed on the texts of the Brexit withdrawal agreement after intensive work this week. UK Prime Minister Theresa May’s office confirmed and said “Cabinet will meet at 2:00pm tomorrow to consider the draft agreement the negotiating teams have reached in Brussels, and to decide on next steps.” And, “Cabinet ministers have been invited to read documentation ahead of that meeting”. Approval by the Cabinet will just make the deadline for holding a special EU summit by the end of November for the issue.
It’s reported that the agree will adopt a UK-wide customs backstop aimed preventing a hard Irish border. It’s so far unsure how much support May could get from her Cabinet. Boris Johnson and Jacob Rees-Mogg have already voiced objection to the draft agreement immediately. Johnson said the plan was “utterly unacceptable to anyone who believes in democracy” and he would vote against it. Rees-Mogg warned that UK would become a “vassal state” with Northern Ireland “being ruled from Dublin”. And Mogg added “It is a failure of the government’s negotiating position and a failure to deliver on Brexit”.
On the other hand, it’s reported that five senior ministers Dominic Raab, Jeremy Hunt, Sajid Javid, Michael Gove and Geoffrey Cox will back the Brexit deal.
