Another one bites the dust - Davis resigns

Liam Fox was emphatic in his speech in the City of London in February that a customs union “would be a complete sell-out of Britain’s national interests”. You might expect the secretary of state for negotiating trade treaties to be against a deal that would prevent the UK negotiating its own trade treaties.

It was not always thus. Six years ago, Fox was a backbench MP campaigning for Britain to leave the EU, having resigned as Defence Secretary for allowing his personal friend Adam Werritty to become involved in official government business.

Fox wrote an article for the Mail on Sunday in September 2012 setting out his vision for Brexit: he thought the “best way forward” would be an economic partnership “involving a customs union and a single market in goods and services”.

www.independent.co.uk/voices/liam-fox-speech-eu-customs-union-brexit-europe-trade-deal-a8230571.html

Has he achieved anything at all since he became the brexit trade deal chief????? -er, no. He should be the next to go.

It was quite bizarre to have a proven liar appointed as Foreign Secretary. I hope an honest replacement can be found.

Boris Johnson has embarrassed and discredited the UK. Surely no-one would ever again consider him suitable for any important job, let alone PM.

I think if TM said from the outset - the result was very close, we'll go for as soft a Brexit as possible, most people would have said - fine, go ahead, a lot of remainers would have felt they weren't written off, and the Brextreemists would have been outnumbered. Instead she's tried to outkip the kippers with meaningless cliches. Where is strong and stable now?

What an absolute utter appalling shambles.

Yes, Annie, I agree Labour has been very quiet on Brexit for some time. However, it is felt that there is a large cross-party majority in the Commons for a soft Brexit. Perhaps the PM believes she can use that cross-party majority to get her Brexit plan through.

That would necessitate talking to Labour and Liberal MPs. However, I have seen no definite confirmation of Labour party MPs attending Downing Street at the minute.

Much going on in the background I feel.

I think maybe Boris has his eyes on the prize . Watch your back Teresa.

Boris has gone!

Now Boris has resigned! There won’t be a government left soon.

I think it’s good that DD has resigned, I would like Boris to resign too, but doubt he has the principles of Davis.
I think though, what many Remainers forget is that Corbyn
Would go full steam ahead with Brexit ( whatever happens)
Both Parties are committed to leaving the EU.
I think Raab will be better as Brexit Secretary,
Lucky he has been on the Daily Politics many times, he certainly isn’t a pawn.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominic_Raab

His entry, complete with references to his legal issues and his published views, repays careful reading.

Very quiet, they have been for some time but they are just as divided

Don't think that is known at the minute Annie?

However, Labour do seem to be very quiet through all the goings on this morning?

Labour MP’s or .labour MP’s in the shadow cabinet ?

It's being reported that Labour MPs are being invited to Downing Street. Who these Labour MPs have not been disclosed, but should this meeting come about it could mark a big moment in resolving this whole sorry tale.

Perhaps this indicates that much had gone on behind the scenes even prior to the weekend cabinet meeting.

I agree about Keir Starmer but he's not going to be given the job as he's Labour...

They made that clear from day 1.

Whoever negotiates the EU aren't going to give in on Free Movement so it all seems a bit pointless...

Dominic Raab - never 'eard of 'im. Presumably the hope is he will be a pawn.

Keir Starmer might make a better job of negotiating Brexit.

I don’t think David Davis is much of a loss. Number ten had taken over most of the negotiations anyway.
Dominic Raab is new Brexit Secretary. I think he’s a Brexiteer but perhaps not a hardline?

But the Torykippers will bang on about the will of the people even though it actually isn’t. It’s the will of the wealthy who will benefit from deregulation and making a mint on currency fluctuations. Davis had a taxpayer funded office with a huge staff and drinks cabinet but still couldn’t come up with a workable plan in two years.

The fact is that the fantasies of the brexiteers have been indulged to the tune of billions over the last two years at the expense of everything else.

There cannot possibly be a good outcome to something which was based on lies and is riddled with inherent contradictions.

Surely it is time to draw a line under this nonsense, start giving some consideration to the 48 million people in this country and many Brits abroad who did not vote leave and, for the sake of all of us, our children and grandchildren, admit that we will have a much better future if we remain members of the EU?

Yes Maw, perhaps we can agree on something for once, Gary Southgate for prime minister.

Good post Maw

Incompetence seems to be regarded as acceptable at every level, not just politics.
Look at the “new railway timetables” shambles, the UC shambles, UKIP leadership and others.
One of my last conversations with Paw last year just a few hours before things turned dramatic was the Priti Patel shambles. Remember that? Hard to because there have been so many in between.
I could despair or in a futile attempt to raise half a smile, say bring on Gareth Southgate.
But seriously....

What really gets to me and I am sure millions of others in Britain is that in a week when the younger generation of this country are demonstrating what they are capable of at the World cup, this shower of sh*t cannot even keep it together to support them and this country.

The egos of these Tories is beyond belief as all they can think of would seem to be their own self serving ambitions in obtaining her job. In that the country they are supposed to serve matters for nothing.

What a total and utter shambles of government to set before this country and especially its younger generation.