Scottish Daily Mail

EXTRACT FROM NOTE TO PM

- *PM’s chief of staff Gavin Barwell

EU Exit – Next Steps For your and Gavin’s* eyes only Your approach is governed by sensible pragmatism. That does not in any way dilute our ambition independen­t to be a fully self-governing country by the time the next election. of If we are to counter those who there wish to frustrate that end, are ways of underlinin­g your resolve. We are profoundly worried that in Government some parts of the current preparatio­ns are not with anything like proceeding sufficient energy. We have heard it argued by some preparatio­ns that we cannot start on the basis of ‘No Deal’ because that would undermine our obligation of ‘sincere co-operation’ with the EU. If taken seriously, that barrel would leave us over a in 2021.

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