LONDON: A no-deal Brexit would betray Britain's decision to leave the European Union, former finance minister Philip Hammond said Wednesday , as he slammed Prime Minister Boris Johnson's"wrecking" approach to negotiations.
Hammond said the shift of position from seeking changes to the backstop to demanding its removal"is a pivot from a tough negotiating stance to a wrecking one", setting an impossibly high bar."It's time for our government to demonstrate its commitment to a genuine negotiation with the EU to achieve a deal."Johnson has pledged to stick to this date, whether a deal can be struck with Brussels or not.
It would also lead to a second secession referendum in Scotland and the likely break-up of the UK, Hammond claimed. Hammond warned that if parliament wanted to go down a particular route to prevent a no-deal Brexit, the means would emerge to allow that to happen.