May wins Cabinet backing for Brexit deal but pitfalls remain
Associated PressLONDON — In a hard-won victory, British Prime Minister Theresa May persuaded her fractious Cabinet to back a draft divorce agreement with the European Union on Thursday, a decision that triggers the final steps on the long and rocky road to Brexit. Crucially, Barnier said that “we have now found a solution together with the U.K. to avoid a hard border on the island of Ireland.” But the agreement, hammered out between U.K. and EU negotiators after 17 months of what Barnier called “very intensive” talks, infuriated pro-Brexit lawmakers in May’s Conservative Party, who said it would leave Britain a vassal state, bound to EU rules that it has no say in making. In between those two camps are May’s supporters, who argue that the deal is the best on offer, and the alternatives are a chaotic “no-deal” Brexit that would cause huge disruption to people and businesses, or an election that could see the Conservative government replaced by the left-of-center Labour Party. Pro-Brexit Conservative lawmaker Conor Burns said he wanted a change of policy rather than a new leader, but added: “There comes a point where if the PM is insistent that she will not change the policy, then the only way to change the policy is to change the personnel.” The main obstacle to a withdrawal agreement has long been how to ensure there are no customs posts or other checks along the border between the U.K.'s Northern Ireland and EU member Ireland after Brexit. This will prevent us pursuing a U.K. trade policy based around our priorities and economy.” The draft agreement also mentions potential “Northern Ireland-specific regulatory alignment” to avoid a hard border.
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