Lord Adonis leaves role

Theresa May's infrastructure adviser has resigned, stating that 'Brexit is a populist and nationalist spasm worthy of Donald Trump'.
By The Newsroom
Published 29th Dec 2017, 22:31 BST
Updated 29th Dec 2017, 23:04 BST
File photo dated 10/03/16 of Theresa May's infrastructure tsar Lord Adonis. who has quit, delivering a scathing verdict on the Prime Minister's approach to Brexit. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Friday December 29, 2017. Europhile Labour peer Lord Adonis resigned as chairman of the National Infrastructure Commission, claiming Mrs May had become the "voice of Ukip" and the "extreme" right-wing of her party. See PA story POLITICS Adonis. Photo credit should read: Yui Mok/PA WireFile photo dated 10/03/16 of Theresa May's infrastructure tsar Lord Adonis. who has quit, delivering a scathing verdict on the Prime Minister's approach to Brexit. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Friday December 29, 2017. Europhile Labour peer Lord Adonis resigned as chairman of the National Infrastructure Commission, claiming Mrs May had become the "voice of Ukip" and the "extreme" right-wing of her party. See PA story POLITICS Adonis. Photo credit should read: Yui Mok/PA Wire
File photo dated 10/03/16 of Theresa May's infrastructure tsar Lord Adonis. who has quit, delivering a scathing verdict on the Prime Minister's approach to Brexit. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Friday December 29, 2017. Europhile Labour peer Lord Adonis resigned as chairman of the National Infrastructure Commission, claiming Mrs May had become the "voice of Ukip" and the "extreme" right-wing of her party. See PA story POLITICS Adonis. Photo credit should read: Yui Mok/PA Wire

Labour peer Lord Adonis – a high-profile campaigner against Brexit – claimed Mrs May had sided with Ukip and the “Tory hard right”.

He said he was “duty bound” to oppose the Government’s EU (Withdrawal) Bill when in the House of Lords.

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