The Independent (UK): Theresa May was dealt a fresh blow on Sunday after she suffered the eighth resignation over her Brexit plans.
Robert Courts was a ministerial aid at the Foreign Office before quitting.
Robert Courts left his role as a ministerial aide saying he could not look himself in the mirror if he had been forced to defend the prime minister’s plans.
The MP, who now sits in David Cameron’s old seat, indicated he would vote against the government in a house of commons vote on Monday.
The resignation follows those of David Davis, Boris Johnson and Steve Baker last week, with more suspected in anger over the proposals set out in Ms May’s latest Brexit white paper.
Announcing his resignation on Twitter, Witney and West Oxfordshire MP Mr Courts said: “I have taken very difficult decision to resign position as [parliamentary private secretary] to express discontent with the Chequers [plans] in votes tomorrow.
“I had to think who I wanted to see in the mirror for the rest of my life. I cannot tell the people of WOxon that I support the proposals in their current form.”
