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Sam Gyimah has become the seventh member of the government to quit since Theresa May unveiled her Brexit plan.

And the 18th she's lost since becoming Prime Minister.

The universities minister fired a broadside at the Government’s “naive” Brexit plan.

According to the Telegraph he said any deal we strike with Brussels will be “EU first”.

The East Surrey MP told the paper the plan was "not in the British national interest" and that voting for it would "set ourselves up for failure" by surrendering "our voice, our vote and our veto".

He said: "Britain will end up worse off, transformed from rule makers into rule takers. It is a democratic deficit and a loss of sovereignty the public will rightly never accept."

The Conservative MP, who backed remain, has suggested the Prime Minister should not rule out a second vote.

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“We shouldn’t dismiss out of hand the idea of asking the people again what future they want, as we all now have a better understanding of the potential paths before us,” he said.

The Prime Minister embarked on a whirlwind tour of the UK at the beginning of the weak to try and sell her deal.

But her less than lukewarm reception in the Commons suggests her charm offensive is not going to plan.

And on Thursday she jetted to Argentina for the G20 summit where she is trying to sell the plan to world leaders.

Mr Gyimah's departure is the latest in a series of knocks for the Prime Minister's beleagured plan.

Mr Gyimah, the minister responsible for Britain’s role in the Galileo project, cites the EU’s continued wrangling over the satellite project as the deciding factor in his resignation.

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The Prime Minister has caved into Brussels again and abandoned attempts to stay part of the EU's satellite system – without any guarantees of getting our money back.

Mr Gyimah takes the total of Tory MPs publicly admitting they won't support Mrs May's plan to 101.

Liberal Democrat Education spokesperson Layla Moran said: "The list of Tory rebels for May's deal gets longer and longer and she is now searching for a new Universities Minister as well as votes.



“This Government is falling apart and the decision must be taken back to the public. We know May cant win on the 11th, Sam Gyimah shows us that her deal can't even convince those closest to her.



”As Universities and Science Minister Sam Gyimah will have seen at close quarters the devastating effect this botched Brexit will have on these important sectors. He should be applauded for his actions today and for also not discounting a People’s Vote.”