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- SNP veteran and Scottish Brexit minister Michael Russell tells BI that Theresa May’s government is the weakest in his lifetime.
- Russell said the prime minister’s “secretive” leadership style is damaging Brexit negotiations.
- “Nobody knows what is happening. You will get that complaint even from senior civil servants in London,” Russell said.
- May’s poor communication skills have been the subject of intense scrutiny since she became prime minister in July 2016.
- “Her decision-making is buttressed one side by extreme Brexiteers and on the other by a fear of what will happen to the economy. The government is paralysed,” he said.
LONDON — Scotland’s Brexit minister believes Theresa May’s administration is “the weakest, most riven government” he has witnessed and says the prime minister’s “secretive” style is damaging negotiations with both Scotland and the European Union.
Reflecting on the first year of Brexit negotiations, which passed last week, the SNP’s Michael Russell told Business Insider: “This is the weakest, most riven government I’ve ever seen.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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