“The EU effectively ended trade talks last week” - Michael Gove tells Marr “door is ajar if EU changes it’s position - but we are ready to leave on Australian terms”...
Marr: “but could be called Mongolian or Afghan terms”
Marr: “but could be called Mongolian or Afghan terms”
Gove says he backs promising UK during referendum “we hold all the cards” though he tells Marr “we hold cards”
Marr: “Do you think the public is going to thank you for leaving the EU without any trade deal the middle of a global pandemic?”
Gove: “Public like me would rather we had an FTA but would not thank us if Eu still in control .. ultimately want us to take back control”
Gove: “Public like me would rather we had an FTA but would not thank us if Eu still in control .. ultimately want us to take back control”
Gove made argument in 2016 when he said UK needed and would get a deal, he meant withdrawal deal, not a trade deal... Marr picked him up on that and was this a “tell”? Marr: We haven’t got a trade deal? “Not yet” said Gove a few moments after saying negotiations over...
For those trying to divine how much is theatre - can’t do much better than on record on camera from France’s Europe minister/ Macron confidant. He’s started tweeting extracts from his interview with me on Friday night - interesting what he chooses to stress - “ready to negotiate”
https://twitter.com/cbeaune/status/1317754776071917568
But also his quotes on French fishermen in Portbessin matter as much as those in Dover, that things will change on Jan 1 deal or no deal and he says, No deal worse for UK than EU ....
https://twitter.com/cbeaune/status/1317755516173619200
Here’s my thread on full interview where we got to talk in depth about the crunch point on state aid, fishing, whether France would be “pragmatic” on checks post a No Deal, indeed how soon negotiations might restart after that
https://twitter.com/faisalislam/status/1317403276120412160
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