Sam Gyimah resigns from May’s cabinet in protest to Government’s naive Brexit plan

Sam Gyimah, the universities and science minister, has resigned in protest at the Government’s “naive” Brexit plan, saying that any deal we strike with Brussels will be “EU first”.

Becoming the seventh member of the Government to quit  since Theresa May unveiled the draft Withdrawal Agreement, Mr Gyimah says the plan was “not in the British national interest” and that voting for it would “set ourselves up for failure” by surrendering “our voice, our vote and our veto”.

The Conservative MP, who campaigned for Remain, says he will vote against the plan in Parliament and that Mrs May should not rule out holding a second referendum

Announcing his departure in The Daily Telegraph on Saturday, Mr Gyimah cites the EU’s continued wrangling over the Galileo satellite project as the deciding factor in his resignation.

Downing Street confirmed that his letter had been received and said there would be a response “in due course”. – The Telegraph

Meanwhile, in the Guardian, he’s reported as saying that a second referendum could be the most sensible path for both leave and remain supporters, and dismissed Theresa May’s agreement with Brussels as a “deal in name only”.

On POLITICO we read that U.K. Environment Secretary Michael Gove warned in the Daily Mail toda, that if  MPs vote down Theresa May’s Brexit deal then the U.K. enters “dangerous waters.”

Gove, who was a prominent Leave campaigner ,acknowledged that the deal is not what many Brexiteers wanted. “Is it perfect? Far from it. Does it deliver 100 per cent of what I wanted? No. But then we didn’t win 100 per cent of the vote on June 23 2016,” he said.