On Monday, 14th September, Sajid Javid rebelled against Boris Johnson’s legislative bill that would override parts of the Brexit treaty struck with the European Union last year stating that “respect for the rule of law” was must.
Other top Tory figures include former attorney-generals Geoffrey Cox and Jeremy Wright who abstained from voting on the internal markets bill. Meanwhile, Conservative MP Rehman Chishti also quit as the prime minister’s special envoy for freedom of religion or belief stating that he would not vote for the bill as a “matter of principle”.