Johnson’s ‘oven ready’ Brexit deal off the menu as PM calls halt to trade talks
Boris Johnson has called a halt to talks with Brussels on a post-Brexit free trade agreement, warning Britain to prepare for a final no-deal break with the European Union.
Brace for Brexit
In a statement to broadcasters, Johnson accused EU leaders of seeking to impose a series of “unacceptable” demands and called for a “fundamental change of approach” if there was to be any agreement. The immediate response from European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen was to say that the EU would carry on negotiating, with talks next week in London going ahead as planned.
However, at a briefing for journalists in Westminster, Johnson’s official spokesperson said the negotiations were now “over”. He also said there was “no point” in the EU’s chief negotiator Michel Barnier travelling to the UK unless the EU changed its negotiating position.
Over and out?
The spokesperson added:
The trade talks are over. The EU have effectively ended them by saying that they do not want to change their negotiating position.
There is only any point in Michel Barnier coming to London next week if he is prepared to discuss all of the issues on the basis of legal texts in an accelerated way, without the UK being required to make all of the moves.
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Or he is willing to discuss the practicalities of areas such as travel and haulage, which the PM mentioned in his statement. If not, there is no point in coming.
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No Deal Brexit plain, and simple. Unchanged since the 2016 vote. None have altered its course of Madness.
England has been cooked by an imbecile , and no one could do anything about it.
What a weakness in the social politic not to reason or comes to terms with a No Deal.
Their only hope was the US of Trump to come to save their financial souls.
How deep the End of Days runs for the Empire.