Dominic Raab has said that the UK would be better off staying in the EU than leaving with Theresa May’s Brexit deal.
The former Brexit Secretary, who quit in protest over the agreement, told the BBC Today programme that parliament will likely vote down the Brexit deal.
“We will I think inevitably see parliament vote this deal down, and then I think some of those other alternatives will need to come into play,” Raab said.
“If you just presented me terms: this deal or EU membership, because we would effectively be bound by the same rules without the control or voice over them, yes I think this would be even worse than that.”
Theresa May will defend her deal over a live phone call on radio Fivelive and on BBC News today.
Also speaking on the Today programme this morning was Fabian Picardo, chief minister of Gibraltar.
Picardo has criticised Spain’s threat to veto the withdrawal agreement over Gibraltar.
“Spain doesn’t need an article in the treaties, the future declaration or indeed the withdrawal agreement, to bring Gibraltar to the table. Gibraltar has demonstrated that we actually want a direct engagement on issues. Spain is the geographical gateway to Europe for Gibraltar. We recognise that and there is absolutely no need to be vetoed into being brought to the table,” he said on Friday.
“Spain should not think that we need to be dragged to the table in any particular way.”
“If it opened for one comma or one full stop on Gibraltar it is going to be reopened on any of the other issues that people in Westminster say they want to be seen done again, and the French and all the others. So far from a failure of negotiation, what this deal represents is actually a compromise arrangement where nobody wins 100% but we gain a lot,” he added.