It’s red letter day for Theresa May. Only rather than a happy momentous occasion, the Prime Minister’s red letter day consists of receiving a letter listing all the Brexiteers’ red lines on the EU. With the inner Cabinet due to meet on Thursday for their ‘away day’ to decide a Brexit negotiating position, the influential European Research Group have sent May a letter listing their ‘Brexit demands’.
Signed by 62 backbench MPs, the letter – in which the group pledge their ‘continued, strong backing’ for May and her Brexit plan as per the Lancaster House speech – kindly offers the Prime Minister a list of suggestions on how to achieve the best Brexit. These ‘suggestions’ include full regulatory autonomy, an implementation period governed by World Trade Organisation principles and a promise that new trade deals with third countries can be negotiated as soon as Britain officially leaves the EU.
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