Brexit Talks May Collapse Amid Government Divisions, Cable Says
- Prospective U.K. Lib Dem leader says Tories ‘dysfunctional’
- Criticizes divisions among ministers and lack of planning
U.K.'s Cable Says Brexit Talks Could Collapse
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Brexit talks could fail due to a lack of preparation from a divided U.K. government, said former U.K. Business Secretary Vince Cable, currently the only candidate to lead the opposition Liberal Democrat party.
In an interview with Bloomberg Television, Cable pointed to Britain’s links with the nuclear agency Euratom as an example of the challenges facing the U.K. government as it prepares to exit the European Union. He said he’s “horrified” at the lack of contingency planning for the event that Britain doesn’t get a deal with the EU before it leaves the bloc in 2019 and spoke of “major divisions” at the top of Theresa May’s government.