Downing Street Refuses to Say Trade Deal is a Brexit Benefit – Guido Fawkes

Downing Street Refuses to Say Trade Deal is a Brexit Benefit

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At the announcement of the US-UK deal Trump said “this was separate because of Brexit in particular. It always seemed so natural.” Dividend…

Downing Street on the other hand isn’t minded to agree. At the Lobby briefing of journalists today Starmer’s spokesman refused to say the deal was made possible thanks to our exit from the EU, saying only that the agreements prove Labour is running a “forward looking government.” That might have something to do with the fact Starmer and his cabinet are all strong remainers. Lammy claimed any deal with Trump “will mean US corporations get to privatise and dismantle our NHS one bed at a time”…

A tetchy Ursula von der Leyen told reporters today that she will only go to the White House if there is a pre-agreed deal: “If I go to the White House, I want to have a package we can discuss. So it has to be concrete, and I want to have a solution that we both can agree on.” Back of le queue…