Theresa May hit by bombshell resignations over Brexit deal

London CNN — UK Prime Minister Theresa May was plunged into a deep political crisis on Thursday as she was hit by a wave of resignations over her Brexit plan. Nigel Dodds, deputy leader of Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party – which May relies on to prop up her minority government – was also damning in his assessment of the deal, saying the Prime Minister “clearly doesn’t listen.” Meanwhile, Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg, who heads the influential pro-Brexit European Research Group, openly asked May why he should not demand her resignation. Earlier this morning I informed the Prime Minister I was resigning from her Cabinet pic.twitter.com/ZeBkL5n2xH — Esther McVey November 15, 2018 Suella Braverman, another staunch Brexiter who resigned as a minister, tweeted that she found herself “unable to sincerely support the deal” and that the concessions made “do not respect the will of the people.” The Conservative Party’s vice chairman, Rehman Chishti, also announced his resignation Thursday, citing May’s performance in the House of Commons as one of the reasons. Former UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage, who was a driving force behind Brexit, congratulated the former Brexit Secretary on his resignation, tweeting: “Well done Dominic Raab, a few more and we will be rid of this duplicitous Prime Minister.” Well done Dominic Raab, a few more and we will be rid of this duplicitous Prime Minister. The Financial Times predicted a “backlash” following the “ferocious Brexit battle,” while the Daily Mail focused on the Prime Minister’s defiant tone with the headline, “I stand to fight.” The Guardian, which had supported Remain, pointed to the divisions that May’s Brexit plan had created under the banner “a split cabinet, a split party and a split nation.” All sides ‘still have a long road ahead’ The EU’s chief negotiator Michel Barnier on Thursday called the draft agreement a “very important moment.