UK/EU
Warring Conservatives force May into new red line on Brexit
Government official briefs reporters that premier rules out staying in the EU’s current customs union
The hard choices of Brexit have tipped Theresa May's Conservative Party into open warfare. It’s not clear the prime minister will survive the crossfire.
May has held onto her job by avoiding too much clarity on what Britain's divorce from the European Union might look like, even as the process has been going on for nearly a year. She still hasn't stamped her vision of Brexit on her divided Cabinet, and that’s led to "huge uncertainty for business," said Hilary Benn, chairman of Parliament’s Leaving the European Union Committee.
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