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| Brexit: only alternative to Chequers is no deal, says Theresa May | |
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| The only alternative to the Chequers plan is crashing out of Europe with no deal, Theresa May has told a BBC interviewer. | The only alternative to the Chequers plan is crashing out of Europe with no deal, Theresa May has told a BBC interviewer. |
| In the interview marking six months until Brexit, the prime minister said she was confident of getting an agreement based on the compromise she reached with her cabinet at Chequers in July. | In the interview marking six months until Brexit, the prime minister said she was confident of getting an agreement based on the compromise she reached with her cabinet at Chequers in July. |
| In clips of the interview broadcast on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme on Monday, she said that if the agreement had not been accepted, the UK might have broken up. | In clips of the interview broadcast on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme on Monday, she said that if the agreement had not been accepted, the UK might have broken up. |
| Asked by Nick Robinson whether she was saying “my deal or no deal”, May said: “I believe we will get a good deal. We will bring that back from the EU negotiations and put that to parliament. I think that the alternative to that will be not having a deal.” | Asked by Nick Robinson whether she was saying “my deal or no deal”, May said: “I believe we will get a good deal. We will bring that back from the EU negotiations and put that to parliament. I think that the alternative to that will be not having a deal.” |
| The Chequers plan prompted the resignations of David Davis and Boris Johnson. May tried again to remake the case for it by claiming the other options put forward by the EU were unacceptable. | The Chequers plan prompted the resignations of David Davis and Boris Johnson. May tried again to remake the case for it by claiming the other options put forward by the EU were unacceptable. |
| “The European Union had basically put two offers on the table. Either the UK stays in the single market and the customs union – effectively in the EU – that would have betrayed the vote of the British people,” she said. | “The European Union had basically put two offers on the table. Either the UK stays in the single market and the customs union – effectively in the EU – that would have betrayed the vote of the British people,” she said. |
| “Or, on the other side, a basic free trade agreement but carving Northern Ireland out and effectively keeping Northern Ireland in the European Union and Great Britain out. That would have broken up the United Kingdom, or could have broken up the United Kingdom. Both of those were unacceptable to the UK. | “Or, on the other side, a basic free trade agreement but carving Northern Ireland out and effectively keeping Northern Ireland in the European Union and Great Britain out. That would have broken up the United Kingdom, or could have broken up the United Kingdom. Both of those were unacceptable to the UK. |
| “We said ‘no’ … we’re going to put our own proposal forward and that’s what Chequers is about … It unblocked the negotiations.” | “We said ‘no’ … we’re going to put our own proposal forward and that’s what Chequers is about … It unblocked the negotiations.” |
| May also dismissed a plan for the Irish border, including the one put forward last week by the Brexit-backing European Research Group. | May also dismissed a plan for the Irish border, including the one put forward last week by the Brexit-backing European Research Group. |
| “What many of these other plans are based on is moving the border. You don’t solve the issue of no hard border by having a hard border 20km inside Northern Ireland, or 20km inside Ireland. It is still a hard border,” the prime minister said. | “What many of these other plans are based on is moving the border. You don’t solve the issue of no hard border by having a hard border 20km inside Northern Ireland, or 20km inside Ireland. It is still a hard border,” the prime minister said. |
| “What we’ve done is listen to the people of Northern Ireland … They don’t want a hard border between Northern Ireland and Ireland. The only proposal that has been put forward that delivers on them not having that hard border, and ensures that we don’t carve up the United Kingdom, is the Chequers plan.” | “What we’ve done is listen to the people of Northern Ireland … They don’t want a hard border between Northern Ireland and Ireland. The only proposal that has been put forward that delivers on them not having that hard border, and ensures that we don’t carve up the United Kingdom, is the Chequers plan.” |
| The prime minister again dodged the question of whether she believes in Brexit. “I believe that our best days are ahead of us,” she said. | The prime minister again dodged the question of whether she believes in Brexit. “I believe that our best days are ahead of us,” she said. |
| Asked what would happen if parliament rejected the deal she expects to secure with Brussels, May said: “Do you really think the European Union is going to give a better deal at that point?” | Asked what would happen if parliament rejected the deal she expects to secure with Brussels, May said: “Do you really think the European Union is going to give a better deal at that point?” |
| In the full interview, to be broadcast on Panorama on Monday, May said she gets “irritated” by the debate about her leadership and criticised Johnson. | In the full interview, to be broadcast on Panorama on Monday, May said she gets “irritated” by the debate about her leadership and criticised Johnson. |
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