Truss: Why I’d back No Deal

LIZ Truss said last night she would support No Deal if presented with a choice between that and revoking Brexit altogether.

The Chief Secretary to the Treasury, who is positioning herself to succeed Theresa May as Tory leader, said her ‘ideal option’ would be to get a deal.

But asked if she agreed that the only way to stave off Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party was to embrace No Deal, she replied: ‘If we face a straight choice between revoking Brexit and No Deal-ing, we have to No Deal. It’s a matter of trust.’

Some ministers fear the EU will refuse to postpone Britain’s departure again in October when the current deadline falls.

Miss Truss said: ‘We’re living in a kind of purgatory at the moment waiting for something to happen.’