Brexit: Boris Johnson Tells UK It’s Time To “Get Ready’ For No Deal With EU
heaped more misery on the population today with news that the country should “get ready” for the prospect of a ‘no deal’ scenario with the EU on January 1.
Speaking from Downing Street after an EU summit both sides said was the deadline for reaching a trade deal, Johnson said the UK was heading for what he termed “the Australian solution”. The premier claimed that Brussels had “abandoned” the ambition for a Canada-style deal with the UK. The PM left a glimmer of hope open for a deal with the UK’s biggest export market by adding: “What we’re saying to them is come here, come to us, if there’s some fundamental change of approach.”In 2017, international trade secretary Liam Fox claimed that coming to a free trade agreement with the EU should be “one of the easiest in human history.
The pound fell by a cent against the dollar after Johnson’s statement today, but quickly recovered to trade at just under $1.29. Meanwhile, much of the UK, including major cities London, Manchester and Liverpool, are returning to tighter lockdown conditions amid a concerted second wave of the coronavirus, which has seen new cases reach more than 18,000 in consecutive days this week and deaths of more than 135.
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