Jacob Rees-Mogg has admitted for the first time he has “doubts” about Theresa May as he accused her of “abject weakness” over Brexit.
The leading Brexiteer and chairman of the influential European Research Group of Tory MPs attacked the Prime Minister’s negotiating strategy as he claimed the Government was “preparing for failure” rather than success.
He said Mrs May’s preferred post-Brexit customs arrangement of a customs partnership with the European Union would amount to the the UK “effectively remaining” in the bloc.
Mr Rees-Mogg claimed the Government’s “backstop” plan to temporarily keep the UK closely tied to the customs union if its new arrangements are not ready by the end of the Brexit...