MP pushes for ‘fantastic’ Canada-style deal with EU

Prime Minister Theresa May has been urged to grasp a “supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” Canada-style trade deal with the European Union by one Conservative backbencher.

The call came from Jacob Rees-mogg at the launch event for a new Brexit blueprint by think-tank the Institute of Economic Affairs. It is calling on ministers to seek a “basic” free trade agreement for goods and pursue “regulatory freedom and trade independence”. Mr Rees-mogg, who leads the Tory Brexit-backing European Research Group, said: “So much of what hear about these negotiations has been about managing decline, has been about how you have the least bad Brexit. This is about how you can have a fantastic Brexit that … ensures our prosperity.”