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Anti-Brexit graffiti has appeared near Cambridge North Station on a day of political turmoil for the UK Government.

The 'no borders' graffiti appeared on the fencing of the station car park this morning (November 15) on a day of four high-profile resignations.

It alludes to the Irish border question, a legal sticking point over the potential for a hard border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland following the UK's withdrawal from the EU.

After months of wrangling Prime Minister Theresa May stepped out of 10 Downing Street at about 7.15pm on Wednesday (November 14) following a stormy five-hour Cabinet meeting and announced the Cabinet had agreed the draft Brexit withdrawal agreement.

The draft agreement included a 'single backstop' clause preventing a return to a hard border in Ireland.

Less than 24 hours later Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab and Work and Pensions Secretary Esther McVey sensationally walked out of the Government.

Two more junior ministers - Suella Braverman at the Brexit Department and Shailesh Vara at Northern Ireland - also quit along with two parliamentary aides.

Then, in a letter to Sir Graham Brady, chairman of the backbench 1922 Committee, Jacob Rees-Mogg said Mrs May's deal "has turned out to be worse than anticipated and fails to meet the promises given to the nation by the Prime Minister, either on her own account or on behalf of us all in the Conservative Party manifesto".

His move is expected to be matched by other members of the ERG, hugely increasing the chances of Mrs May facing a vote of no confidence in her leadership. It is not known how many letters Sir Graham has received so far.

Daniel Zeichner, Labour MP for Cambridge, called the ongoing Brexit crisis ‘an embarrassment for politics and for the country‘ in the wake of the resignations.

Mr Zeichner says the current draft Withdrawal Agreement satisfies no-one and there needs to be a new way forward.

He said: “The Prime Minister has been humiliated by her own colleagues, some of whom agreed with her yesterday only to stab her in the back today. The descent into chaos by the Conservatives is an embarrassment for their party, for politics and for the country.“

“Labour has a much better alternative, based on our long-standing six tests. What we want is a General Election, but if that doesn’t happen, the question of EU membership must go back to the people. At Labour conference we agreed that ‘all options are on the table, including a public vote‘ and we will hold true to that. Personally, I still think that the best deal is the one that we have at the moment – staying in the European Union, and fighting for the changes we need to address the real concerns that many people have.“

May's response

At 5.30pm Mrs May held a press conference in which she reiterated Brexit will still go ahead as drafted and planned on March 29, 2019.

She said she had faith in her deals "with every fibre of my being"

Adding, "This deal delivers what was voted for and is in the national interest."

On the Irish border question she said: "There is no deal that can be agreed with EU that doesn't require a NI backstop to prevent a return to borders of the past."