Junior N. Ireland Minister Quits Over Brexit Deal: Statement

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Junior N. Ireland minister quits over Brexit deal: statement

Shailesh Vara, a Northern Ireland minister in the British government, quit on Thursday over the proposed Brexit withdrawal agreement, saying it fails to leave the UK as a "sovereign, independent country"

London, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 15th Nov, 2018 ) :Shailesh Vara, a Northern Ireland minister in the British government, quit on Thursday over the proposed Brexit withdrawal agreement, saying it fails to leave the UK as a "sovereign, independent country".

The agreement "leaves the UK in a half-way house with no time limit on when we will finally be a sovereign nation", he wrote in his resignation statement, published on his Twitter account.