Asked whether she was putting pressure on Tory MPs to fall in behind her plan, Mrs May said: “Obviously we’re talking to colleagues about this vote”.”We can’t negotiate and sign trade deals until we have left the European Union, once we have we will be able to do that”.Mr Tusk said in Buenos Aires Friday morning: “Many leaders will certainly have questions about Brexit, therefore let me say this”.And she warned: “A divided country is not a country that prospers”.”A few days before the vote in the House of Commons, it is becoming more and more clear that this deal is the best possible – in fact, the only possible one”, Tusk said.She poured cold water on the idea – widely touted as a means of attracting wavering Remain MPs – of shifting to a Norway-style arrangement involving membership of the European Free Trade Association (Efta) and the European Economic Area (EEA), pointing out that this would not allow the United Kingdom to end freedom of movement for European workers.The deal has been criticized by both Eurosceptic and Europhiles among her own Conservative Party lawmakers.The Bank of England also warned that leaving without a deal would trigger a financial crisis.This… Read full this story
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