Andrea Leadsom resigns from Theresa May's government over her Brexit plans

Rob Price

May 22, 2019 8:03 PM

Andrea Leadsom has resigned as leader of the House of Commons in protest over Theresa May's Brexit plans.

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On Wednesday evening, the Conservative MP wrote to the Prime Minister to announce she was leaving the government over May's plans, which would entail a second referendum on leaving the European Union.

"I have always maintained that a second referendum would be dangerously divisive, and I do not support the Government willingly facilitating such a concession," she wrote in the letter, which she also shared on Twitter. "It would also risk undermining our Union which is something I passionately want to see strengthened."

The resignation is yet another blow to May's already-tenuous grasp on power, and comes ahead of the EU elections.

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