David Davis had left DexEU – and taken most of his colleagues with him. Steve Baker – junior minister– at the Brexit department has resigned and there are rumours Suella Braverman could also quit.
So, with a growing Brexit rebellion brewing, Theresa May’s next move is pivotal. Who will replace Davis?
- No-one: The department for Exiting the European Union has been repeatedly sidelined by No 10. There’s a chance that Theresa May will respond by merging that department into another – the Cabinet Office or the Foreign Office. However, the optics of closing the Department for Brexit at a time when critics say the Brexit dream has died would not be so great for the beleaguered PM.
- Michael Gove: The husky-hugging tree-loving Defra secretary put in a pre-emptive audition on the Andrew Marr show on Sunday bigging up May’s compromise Brexit pitch.
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