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Friday briefing: Prepare for no deal, warns PM
Alison Rourke
Top story: PM won’t accept UK ‘locked in EU’s orbit’
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Boris Johnson says people should get ready for ‘Australia option’ with EU.
Good morning and welcome to this Friday briefing, with me, Alison Rourke, as the window on a Brexit trade deal appears to be closing.
Boris Johnson has ordered his ministers to prepare for a hard exit from the EU on 31 December, warning of the “strong possibility” of no deal being done. As senior Tories urged him to find a way to make an agreement, he said he couldn’t countenance Britain being “locked in the EU’s orbit”, which he said would treat the nation like Europe’s twin. “It was put to me that this was kind of a bit like twins, and the UK is one twin, the EU is another, and if the EU decides to have a haircut then the UK is going to have a haircut or else face punishment. Or if th ....

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