are exploring a swiss style relationship with the eu. a bespoke agreement, said the paper, through which the uk would rejoin the eu single market, without accepting free movement. there are suggestions the story was sourced to a prebudget briefing the chancellor had given to a sunday times journalist. well, today at the cbi s annual conference in birmingham, the prime minister moved quickly to quash the speculation. under my leadership the united kingdom will not pursue any relationship with europe that relies on alignment with eu laws. i voted for brexit, i believe in brexit and i know that brexit can deliver and is already delivering enormous benefits and opportunities for the country, migration being an immediate one where we have proper control of our borders and are able to have a proper conversation with the country about the type of migration that we want and need. we weren t able to do that inside the european union. at least now we are in control of it. when it comes to trade,
quickly the uk would have the power to override parts of the brexit deal. the prime minister said he wants to do it very fast, he thinks it could go through very rapidly, potentially by the end of this year. if that were to happen it would mean the eu has to make its decision about what its retaliation should be. at the moment it is going to take the uk to international courts to challenge its decision. but whether it has started to impose tit for tat measures is another question that the eu will have to answer at some point. some have predicted a fall out trade for if the uk does override parts of the brexit deal. the prime minister is saying that could be as soon as by the end of this year. it suggests that the eu will have to make its decision on that pretty soon. both sides say they want to keep talking. the uk still saying this morning it would much prefer a negotiated solution. w
changes to the northern ireland protocol be in law and how soon will they be implemented? the interesting thin . they be implemented? the interesting thin is how they be implemented? the interesting thing is how little they be implemented? the interesting thing is how little this thing is how little this conversation is being. certainly around here. we are trying to fix something that i think is very important to our country, which is the balance of the belfast good friday agreement and you have got one tradition, one community that feels that things really are not working in a way that they like or understand. you have unnecessary barriers to trade from great britain to northern ireland. all we are saying, you can get rid of those whilst not in any way endanger the eu single market. hora whilst not in any way endanger the eu single market. whilst not in any way endanger the eu single market. how soon will that ha en? eu single market. how soon will that ha en? i eu single market.
courts will shut. it is a distinct possibility, it is not what anyone in my profession once but if you re going to drain a system of resource to the point it cannot function any more, at some point it has got to stop and there has got to be a reset. if that is necessary as a result of barristers walking out, then so be it. result of barristers walking out, then so be it. ., ,, i. , . then so be it. thank you very much for our then so be it. thank you very much for your time then so be it. thank you very much for your time today. mps are due to vote on controversial new legislation to give ministers powers to override some post brexit trading arrangements for northern ireland. if passed the law will allow the government to remove checks on some goods travelling to northern ireland from the rest of the uk. the foreign secretary, liz truss, says the proposals will fix the problems that the arrangements have caused. but the eu s ambassador to britain called the plans illegal and u