Brexiteers deserve a place in hell: Tusk
BRUSSELS: The EU will make no new offer on Brexit and those who promoted Britain’s exit without any understanding of how to deliver it “deserve a special place in hell”, EU council president Donald Tusk said on Wednesday.
The UK is on course to leave the EU on March 29 without a deal unless PM Theresa May can convince the bloc to reopen the divorce deal she agreed in November and then sell it to scep- tical British lawmakers.
As companies and governments across Europe step up preparations for the turmoil of a no-deal exit, officials said the UK now faces three main options: a no-deal exit, a last-minute deal or a delay to Brexit.
Rebuffing May’s bid to renegotiate just a day before she is due in Brussels, Tusk said he wished the UK would reverse Brexit, but that the bloc was preparing for a disorderly British exit.
He said he no longer believed there was a way to stop Britain leaving due to the “pro-brexit stance” of both the PM and the leader of the opposition.
“I’ve been wondering what that special place in hell looks like, for those who promoted Brexit, without even a sketch of a plan how to carry it out safely,” Tusk said at a joint press conference with Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar.
The remark, which will anger Brexit supporters in Britain, was tweeted from his account as he spoke the words, indicating it was not an off-the-cuff remark.