A NO DEAL Brexit could soon become a reality due to Downing Street advisers pushing Boris Johnson to pursue a hard stance the European Union will never bow down to, former Chancellor Philip Hammond claimed.
agree to remove the Irish backstop despite knowing Brussels would never budge, inching Britain closer to a no deal. Speaking to the BBC's Today programme, the former frontbencher said:"It’s very tempting from London to see the EU as a monolithic bloc threatening the UK. The truth is slightly different."Their coalition of 27 is itself a very fragile coalition and they have agreed on a stance.
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