Brexiteers' letter adds to pressure on May - BBC News
Laura Kuenssberg looks at a letter from Tory MPs warning against keeping the UK in the EU "by stealth".
Summer's over and the pushback over Brexit has begun

After a summer where Tory supporters of a more gradual Brexit were heartened by statements from ministers, now comes the, probably inevitable, pushback.

A letter leaked to the BBC, signed by dozens of Tory MPs, was scheduled for the pages of a Sunday newspaper, demanding that Theresa May stand firm, and stick to her original plan for Brexit.

The letter will be seen as a warning to ministers too, particularly Chancellor Philip Hammond who Eurosceptics see as trying to water down Mrs May's original Brexit plan to leave the single market and customs union.

The letter demands that the government resists any move to keep the UK in the EU "by stealth" and is also designed to put pressure on Labour's new position on Brexit, which advocates a more gradual departure.

Organisers of the letter say it's designed to be supportive of the prime minister, to bolster her Brexit convictions.

But with pressure from Remain sympathisers on one side, this new push from Brexiteers will remind Number 10 in no uncertain terms that the government is under pressure from all sides.

You can judge how supportive of the government the letter really is, by reading it yourself:

The letter will be seen as a warning to ministers to stick to Mrs May's original Brexit plan

Continued membership of the single market, even as part of a transitional arrangement, would quite simply mean EU membership by another name - and we cannot allow our country to be kept in the EU by stealth.

The government must respect the will of the British people, and that means leaving the single market at the same time as we leave the EU. Here's why:

Continued membership of the 'single market' (the 'Norway option') - the stated goal of the Labour Party - would be an historic mistake.

The truth is that the 'single market' is a political project, and requires its members to constantly introduce new European Union (EU) laws. Therefore, the longer one remains a member, the harder it is to leave.

Contrary to claims that it is a 'sensible' stepping stone to independence, it is in fact a conveyer belt to ever more European integration.

What's more, for as long as we remain in the single market, we will have to make payments into the EU budget, and will be unable to take advantage of the freedoms available as a result of leaving the EU - such as the ability to deport foreign criminals.

In order to ensure that no-one seeks to use a transition period as means of keeping the UK in the EU by stealth, the government must add the following clauses to any transitional deal:

With these clauses in place, the will of the British people will have been respected, and the country set on a course to make a great success of Brexit."
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