Brexit minister Dominic Raab told the Conservative Party conference that the UK would leave the EU without a deal rather than be bullied into signing a one-sided one, although he admitted the government’s own deal was not perfect. The prime minister, Theresa May, has said she will trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty to start formal negotiations with Brussels on Britain’s departure from the EU, but her government is yet to set out its negotiating He dismissed forecasts of serious problems if there was no deal, however, as the EU was unlikely to punish the UK in way counterproductive to itself.
Brexit minister Dominic Raab told the Conservative Party conference that the UK would leave the EU without a deal rather than be bullied into signing a one-sided one, although he admitted the government’s own deal was not perfect. He said if the EU tried to lock the UK into a customs union and single market, the UK would have no choice but to leave without an agreement. He dismissed forecasts of serious problems if there was no deal, however, as the EU was unlikely to punish the UK in way counterproductive to itself.