Cabinet Brexiteers heap pressure on Theresa May over customs union 'betrayal'

According to The Sunday Times, the top ministers used an emergency conference call this weekend to plan a mass walkout if Mrs May backs a customs union or tries to get the UK to take part in European elections in May. One Cabinet minister told the paper: 'We have got to stick by our manifesto commitment not to join a customs union. It would be deeply damaging to hold EU elections. If they are going to happen, Labour MPs will have to vote for them.' Another accused those pushing for a customs union of an 'absolute betrayal of the referendum result and of this country'. They warned: 'I cannot understand how any of them can describe a customs union as any kind of Brexit. You may as well revoke Article 50.'