Brexit deal offered by EU not one that any PM could accept, Boris Johnson says
4 years, 3 months ago

Brexit deal offered by EU not one that any PM could accept, Boris Johnson says

The Independent  

Sign up to our free Brexit and beyond email for the latest headlines on what Brexit is meaning for the UK Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Earlier the chances of a no-deal Brexit appeared to rise as cabinet office minister Michael Gove said Mr Johnson would “lay out where movement is required” to rescue any agreement during tonight’s showdown. “A year on why should anyone who trusted the prime minister when he said he had a deal, including his chancellor, apparently believe a word that he says now?” Mr Johnson insisted that when he said he had an “oven-ready deal”, he was not referring to a trade deal, but to last year’s withdrawal agreement, in which he agreed to hand over £30bn to Brussels, guarantee EU citizens’ rights and draw a customs border down the Irish Sea. I don’t remember that being written on the bulldozer.” Drawing attention to the decision by Ineos to move car-manufacturing jobs from Wales to France, and to the failure to recruit 50,000 customs agents in time for the end of transition, the Labour leader said: “The prime minister said he had a deal. Secure the deal, prime minister.” Mr Johnson did not respond to Starmer’s demand to say whether he agreed with his own economic forecasters, the Office for Budget Responsibility, who have said that a no-deal Brexit would result in higher unemployment and inflation and a 2 per cent hit to the economy.

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