UK Transport Minister Steps Down Over Brexit Plan

UK Transport Minister Steps Down Over Brexit Plan

UK Transport Minister Jo Johnson announced Friday he was standing down after calling the government's Brexit plan a "terrible mistake."

MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 09th November, 2018) UK Transport Minister Jo Johnson announced Friday he was standing down after calling the government's Brexit plan a "terrible mistake."

"With great regret, I'm resigning from the Government," Johnson, who also serves as minister for London, tweeted.

In a statement, Johnson said the proposed Brexit plan would leave the country economically weakened, while a no-deal would "inflict untold damage" on the nation.

"To present the nation with a choice between two deeply unattractive outcomes, vassalage and chaos, is a failure of British statecraft ... My constituents in Orpington deserve better than this," he said.

Johnson said he had asked Prime Minister Theresa May to accept his resignation. As a member of parliament, he promised to vote against the Withdrawal Agreement.