My Deal or No Deal: Theresa May

• 09.17.2018, 18:46
•  Europe,  World

The Guardian

Theresa May has told that MPs will have a choice between her proposed deal with the EU - or no deal at all, BBC reported.

She was also critical of a plan by Brexiteers to resolve the Irish border issue, saying it would create a "hard border 20km inside Ireland".

Mrs May set out her proposals for the key issue of cross-border trade after a Chequers summit in July, but it has been fiercely criticised by some Brexiteers who say plans for a "common rulebook" on goods would compromise the UK's sovereignty.

Speaking to BBC's Panorama, Theresa May said that if Parliament does not ratify the Chequers plan "I think that the alternative to that will be having no deal".

Ex-foreign secretary Boris Johnson said attempts to resolve the issue so far were a "constitutional abomination".

And Brexiteer Jacob Rees-Mogg said the prime minister should "try a bit harder" to get a better deal.

The UK is set to leave the EU on 29 March 2019, and negotiations between the two sides are still taking place.