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PM Johnson boxes himself in on the Brexit deal: “A time limit is not enough... The way to a deal goes by the abolition of the backstop.”
He says alternatives arrangements to the backstop can be used now. Opposition MPs yell “how?”
He says alternatives arrangements to the backstop can be used now. Opposition MPs yell “how?”
Corbyn quotes manufacturing org Make UK who said no-deal Brexit “would be the height of economic lunacy” and adds: “Those recklessly advocating no deal will not be the ones who lose out.”
John McDonnell leans forward in his seat - looking pretty furious - and tells the PM “answer a question, Boris”
IDS says the EU will have heard Johnson’s statement and realised: “The days of supplication are over”
Lots of MPs were pointing to their ears and complaining that they couldn’t hear the PM during his response to Corbyn. Johnson spoke incredibly quickly at times and moved away from his microphone. All a bit chaotic. Something he’ll have to work on.
Sir Keir Starmer puts his head in his hands as PM Johnson says there is an “abundance” of technology available for replacing the backstop
