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| Brexit: Philip Hammond calls EU 'the enemy' in extraordinary outburst | Brexit: Philip Hammond calls EU 'the enemy' in extraordinary outburst |
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| Chancellor Philip Hammond has referred to the EU as "the enemy" in Brexit negotiations, in an extraordinary outburst likely to cause major divisions with European leaders. | Chancellor Philip Hammond has referred to the EU as "the enemy" in Brexit negotiations, in an extraordinary outburst likely to cause major divisions with European leaders. |
| Mr Hammond urged his Tory colleagues to stop squabbling amongst themselves and to unite against the EU to secure the best withdrawal deal for Britain. | |
| After coming under fire for supposedly holding up the EU divorce talks, he insisted he was "all signed up" to Brexit and dismissed "bizarre" and "absurd" accusations that he was talking down Britain's economy. | |
| Speaking as he attended meetings in Washington, Mr Hammond told Sky News: "My message is this: I understand that passions are high and I understand that people have very strong views about this but we're all going to the same place. | |
| "We all have the same agenda, we all signed up to the Prime Minister's Lancaster House speech, we're all signed up to the Article 50 letter, we're all behind the speech that she made in Florence. | |
| "The enemy, the opponents are out there, they're on the other side of the negotiating table. Those are the people we have to negotiate with, negotiate hard to get the very best deal for Britain." | |
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