Brexit: government 'operating on assumption' of no deal, say Gove

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The government is “operating on the assumption” that Britain will leave the European Union without a deal on 31 October, Michael Gove has said.

The new chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, who is in charge of no-deal preparations in the Cabinet Office, said there was a “very real prospect”(£) that an agreement would not be struck with Brussels before that deadline.

Writing in the Sunday Times, he said that while the aim was still to leave with a deal, the government needed to prepare for every eventuality. “With a new prime minister, a new government, and a new clarity of mission, we will exit the EU on October 31. No ifs. No buts. No more delay. Brexit is happening,” he said.

“The EU’s leaders have, so far, said they will not change their approach – it’s the unreformed withdrawal agreement, take it or leave it,” he added. “We still hope they will change their minds, but we must operate on the assumption that they will not.”

[link:https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/jul/28/michael-gove-government-operating-on-assumption-of-no-deal-brexit?CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1564299635|

Their recklessness is beyond the pale. The mostly male pale and stale millionaires who would be cushioned from crashing out actively seeking this for personal political ambition. It is an outrage.



Heh

[Celerity]

1. we are driving straight over the cliff, I am sure it will be a No Deal Brexit

I think the odds of the EU capitulating are slim and none, and slim just left the room.

[CanonRay]

2. I'm so saddened by what his happening in Britain (and here)

My wife and I love traveling in GB and have been all over. We're squeezing in one more trip before Brexit at the beginning of October before the shit hits the fan.