Brexit

UK Brexit secretary warns deal has one last chance

Name: UK Brexit secretary warns deal has one last chance
Uploaded: 2019-05-15T15:12:25.548Z
Duration: 38 s
Channel: Financial Times
Description: Stephen Barclay sees no deal or no Brexit should EU withdrawal agreement be defeated

Stephen Barclay sees no deal or no Brexit should withdrawal agreement be defeated when its brought back to the Commons next month. This would leave a choice of revoking the decision to leave the EU or exiting without a deal, the default position if no divorce agreement can be reached

May 15, 2019

Footage; Reuters

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INTERVIEWER: --be elected next week. Would it be your understanding that--

And is it clear that this is the last chance saloon for the withdrawal agreement in its current form? That is to say, it's the last chance that the commoners would get to vote on it.

STEPHEN BARCLAY: Yeah, I think-- I think if the House of Commons does not approve the [? rub, ?] then the Barnier deal is dead in that form. And I think the House will have to then address a much more fundamental question between whether it will pursue and communicate on a new deal option or whether it will revoke.