LONDON: Prime Minister Theresa May will attempt to unite her feuding cabinet and convince a sceptical European Union that Britain knows what it wants from Brexit in a series of speeches over the next few weeks. Britain is hoping to seal a transition deal next month to smooth its exit from the EU, and reach agreement on a long-term trade agreement later this year. However, Brussels said last week a transition deal was not a certainty and that London needed to clarify what it wanted from the EU.
May’s government will aim to address that in a series of six speeches by the prime minister and other senior ministers in the next few weeks, which her office dubbed “The Road to Brexit”. “Brexit is a defining moment in the history of our nation,” a source in May’s office said. “As we move along the road to that future, we will set out more detail so people can see how this new relationship will benefit communities in every part of our country.” A BMG poll on Sunday for the Independent showed 74 per cent of Britons were unclear about May’s overall Brexit strategy. — Reuters
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