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UK government tumbled, five casualties so far, more to come?

PM May softer Brexit's stance put her government at risk for the umpteenth time.

White Paper on Brexit delayed once again, no light at the end of the tunnel.

The UK government tumbled this Monday, as PM May's announcement of a softer-Brexit proposal last Friday triggered a series of resignation, which at the time being totals four. The first resigning was David Davis, the Brexit Secretary, replaced now by Dominic Raab, the housing minister. Davis resignation was followed by that of fellow Department for Exiting the EU, minister Steve Baker.

The next casualty and the noisiest one was Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, who said that the Brexit "dream is dying, suffocated by needless self-doubt." Johnson has been replaced by Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt. Parliamentary Private Secretary in charge or transport, Chris Green was the next one, alongside with another PPS which announced his resignation over twitter, Conor Burns, although after Davis and Johnson's resignations these last passed unnoticed.

There were rumors about a no-confidence vote on PM May, but her leadership survived a meeting of the Conservative party, avoiding the challenge and with the news taking off some of the pressure on the Pound. Nevertheless, she failed in keeping her team united behind her soft-Brexit stance, and that's not good news.

Pro Brexiters are angry and while things seem to have cooled down temporarily, this is far from the end of it. In the meantime, PM May is said to have delayed the publication of a White Paper to next week, initially expected for this Thursday, that anyway still needs the approval of the EU.

Interesting times in the UK. And is only the beginning.

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Valeria Bednarik

Valeria Bednarik was born and lives in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Her passion for math and numbers pushed her into studying economics in her younger years.

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