Another British minister quits over Brexit deal

London, December 1 

British government minister Sam Gyimah quit on Friday over Prime Minister Theresa May’s “naive” Brexit plan, dealing her another blow in her fight to pass it through parliament. The universities and science minister is the seventh member of May’s government to quit since she brought back the draft Withdrawal Agreement from Brussels.

Gyimah, who voted to remain in the EU, said the deal was “not in the British national interest” and that voting for it would set Britain “up for failure”. He did not rule out the possibility of supporting a second referendum, saying “we shouldn’t dismiss out of hand the idea of asking the people again what future they want”. — PTI