BREXIT: WE HAVE A DEAL
(If Cabinet doesn’t crush it today)
BRITAIN may finally have a Brexit deal.
Negotiators last night agreed a split on a “technical level”.
Theresa May will today put the draft proposal to her Cabinet.
Last night the Prime Minister was meeting with them one-onone, in a bid to gain support and avoid a government implosion.
Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab, Work and Pensions Secretary Esther McVey and Commons Leader Andrea Leadsom have all been tipped to walk from their ministerial jobs in protest in recent weeks.
Last night former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said he would vote against the deal, claiming it was “vassal state stuff ” and urged the Cabinet to “chuck it out”.
He said he expected the deal to be “pretty much” what had been agreed a few weeks ago. He added: “We are going to stay in the Customs Union on this deal, we are going to stay effectively in large parts of the single market and that means it’s vassal state stuff.”
Downing Street said in a statement: “Cabinet will meet at 2pm to consider the draft agreement the negotiating teams have reached in Brussels, and to decide on next steps.
“Cabinet ministers have been invited to read documentation ahead of that meeting.”
The breakthrough comes after days of intensive talks around avoiding a border between Northern Ireland and Ireland.
An EU source confirmed that a “stable text” had been sent to London.