UK Should Make Clear To EU Readiness To Leave Bloc If Sensible Deal Not Reached - Lawmaker

Umer Jamshaid Published May 24, 2019 | 05:41 PM

The next UK prime minister to succeed Theresa May should persuade the European Union to "sensibly" renegotiate the Brexit deal by making it clear that the United Kingdom would not shy away from exiting the bloc without a deal if it came down to that, the UK Christian Peoples Alliance party leader, Sidney Cordle, told Sputnik on Friday

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 24th May, 2019) The next UK prime minister to succeed Theresa May should persuade the European Union to "sensibly" renegotiate the Brexit deal by making it clear that the United Kingdom would not shy away from exiting the bloc without a deal if it came down to that, the UK Christian Peoples Alliance party leader, Sidney Cordle, told Sputnik on Friday.

May announced earlier in the day that she would step down as leader of the ruling Conservative Party and UK prime minister on June 7, saying she regretted her failure to deliver Brexit to the country.

"The new [UK] leader will have to go back to the EU with the threat to them that if they don't alter this agreement we will leave with no deal and be ready to do it. That should bring the EU to negotiate sensibly. If it doesn't, we can leave and talk after we have left," Cordle said.

Cordle said that May's approach to the United Kingdom's divorce from the European Union was "completely wrong" due to the fact that her deal was meant to keep the United Kingdom tied to the European Union with the possibility of rejoining within a few years.

May's ill-fated Brexit deal was thrice rejected by the UK parliament and has largely disrupted national politics. According to UK Institute for Government, 21 ministers under May have resigned over Brexit, citing the UK government's inability to deliver and negotiate the terms of the deal as a major loss of confidence in their country's political system.

The United Kingdom was unable to leave the European Union by the original March 29 deadline over lawmakers' staunch opposition to the withdrawal deal. The European Council gave the United Kingdom an extension until October 31, with an option to leave earlier if parliament passes the deal.