Former Conservative Minister Draws Fire After Arguing UK Should Rejoin EU Single Market

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% :Former Brexit minister Lord Frost appeared to suggest that Ellwood -- who has publicly said Prime Minister Boris Johnson no longer has his support because of lockdown breaching gatherings in Downing Street during the COVID-19 pandemic -- would not be suited to the top job, saying: "Brexit really is not safe in his hands or his allies."
59% : Pointing to the UK's export shrinkage to the E.U., Ellwood said it would be a "dereliction of duty" not to access how well Brexit has worked "given the gargantuan economic challenges ahead."
54% : Citing a recent YouGov poll that suggested that nearly half of the people (49 percent) thought Brexit had gone badly and only 17 percent considered it successful, he argued that there's now an appetite for change.
52% : A former British Conservative minister has sparked controversy after he argued the UK should "upgrade Brexit" by rejoining the European Union's single market.
49% :Treasury minister Simon Clarke said he was "pleased to reassure Mr. Ellwood" that the UK would not be rejoining the single market, as this would "extinguish half the freedoms that make Brexit so important."

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