New leader won't reopen Brexit deal negotiations, says Junior Brexit minister

Junior British Brexit minister Kwasi Kwarteng told the BBC on Sunday that toppling Theresa May as leader of the Conservative Party would be a futile distraction.

"Having a new leader is not going to reopen the negotiations, nor will it change the parliamentary arithmetic, so it is a futile distraction," said Kwarteng, who was appointed by May last week after his predecessor resigned in protest at her Brexit plans.