Transport minister Jo Johnson quits UK government, calls Brexit divorce deal a terrible mistake
Jo Johnson, brother of Boris Johnson, has resigned from Theresa May’s cabinet as Transport Secretary, claiming the Brexit deal being finalized “will be a terrible mistake,” calling for a second referendum or ‘people’s vote’.
Johnson made the shock resignation via an online video through his Twitter account. The Orpington MP, whose brother Boris spearheaded the Leave campaign, warned PM Theresa May’s Brexit deal would leave the UK outside the EU but “wholly subject” to its rules.
The now ex-cabinet minister, who campaigned for the UK to remain in the EU during the 2016 referendum, made the stark claim that the issue of Brexit meant “Britain stands on the brink of the greatest crisis since the Second World War.”
He claimed the decision as to whether the UK now leaves the EU should be put into the hands of British citizens through a ‘people’s vote’.
Johnson said: “I think it is imperative that we now go back to the people and check that they are content to proceed on this extraordinary basis.
“Instead of ‘in Europe but not run by Europe’, we will be out of Europe and yet wholly subject to European rules.”
In his video he insists that any hopes that existed for the “easiest deal in history” had now turned out to be “delusions.”
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