Pressure on PM intensifies as EU prepares to green-light Brexit transition talks
2018-01-29 09:18:16 source：Dailymail
January 29, 2018
Theresa May was under mounting pressure over Brexit and her leadership as the European Union prepared to green-light negotiations on a transition period which has become a highly contentious issue in Westminster.
The Prime Minister is facing increasingly vocal complaints from Leavers that she is preparing to deliver a Brexit “in name only” because the UK will follow EU rules during the transition while several backbenchers broke cover over the weekend to criticise her lack of action on domestic issues.
Eurosceptic former Cabinet minister Theresa Villiers said she was worried about a “dilution of Brexit” while Remainer Heidi Allen told the PM to “get a grip” because the Tories are “letting this country down”, and former minister Rob Halfon appeared to liken Mrs May to a “tortoise”.
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