This is almost certainly a stunt. And it's exactly the same stunt the government pulled this time last year by threatening No Deal and proroguing Parliament.
It's designed to (a) convince Leavers that the government is going in really hard with the EU 1/5
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... and that any deal the UK *does* manage to get must have been the result of the EU caving to our demands.
(b) scare and distract Remainers, making us so relieved when/if the government backs away from this extreme position that we fail to scrutinise the resulting deal. 2/5
Any deal Johnson negotiates now with the EU will be paper-thin and damaging to the British economy and jobs, at a time when the ending of the furlough scheme is already likely to be causing mass unemployment.
It's really important that we draw attention to this. 3/5
The Labour leadership really failed to do this with the Withdrawal Agreement last year - we can't let it happen again out of fear of alienating Leavers. Opposing a terrible Brexit deal is not the same as opposing Brexit itself, particularly when many Leave voters in areas...4/5
dependent on manufacturing will suffer from a bad deal.
This is a government obsessed with stunts and showmanship rather than trying to achieve decent outcomes for this country.
Please let's not fall for it. 5/5
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