May gathers divided cabinet ahead of Brexit speech
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British Prime Minister Theresa May will hold a special cabinet meeting on the eve of her Brexit speech, a spokesman said Tuesday, as she seeks to bring her ministers in line behind her EU strategy.
She called Thursday’s meeting after Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson set out his own vision of life outside the European Union, prompting a colleague to accuse him of “backseat driving”.
“There will be a cabinet meeting on Thursday morning ahead of the speech on Friday”, when May will provide an update on her Brexit plans in Florence, Italy, a Downing Street spokesman told AFP.