How not to Negotiate

Top government ministers pressure Theresa May to rule out 'no-deal' Brexit

Following reports a group of nearly 20 ministers have been meeting to discuss plans to stop a no-deal Brexit, the prime minister faced a series of interventions from members of her government.

Chancellor Philip Hammond repeated his warning that leaving the EU without a withdrawal agreement would be a "betrayal" of the 2016 referendum vote.

What an amazing negotiating position. Not

No deal should have been the position from the minute the referendum result came in. Article 50 should have been triggered within one week of the vote and 'no deal' should have been the default position for leaving

Two years later, the EU would have been begging for a good deal and by now, we would have left already and our position would be a strong one

But no. We've dithered for almost three years and now we're willing to tell the EU that the one thing they don't want us to do, we won't do. If there is any more negotiating to do, the EU can do it on their own terms now, as they know there is no fight left in Britain, if there ever was

And no Phillip Hammond, no deal is not a betrayal of the 2016 referendum vote, it is the 2016 referendum vote. I don't know if your ballot paper was different to mine, but mine had two options - Stay in the EU or leave the EU. There was no third option for some crappy deal that kept us half in, half out, but mostly in

No deal is exactly what we voted for. Anything else we can get, is a bonus

No crack on and get us out