@BBCSimonJack @EdConwaySky Try to understand this from a Japanese perspective. It’s a loss of face to withdraw from a commitment. Not done lightly. The exception is where one has been misled or lied to. So the ‘broken promise’ about a Hard Brexit permits decisions on economic grounds to dominate.
A No Deal Brexit means - the evidence says - drug shortages. Stockpiling will only work for a few weeks. And the measures Government has put in place to deal with shortages are unlawful and risk patients' health.
Leaving without a deal will put lives at risk - we're not prepared
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A helluva new Exocet from Sir John Major this evening at a speech in Glasgow. Says UKIP-ers are "hollowing out" the Conservative Party, and the ERG are "zealots" and not real Tories (1/2)
"I make no apology for saying that leaving the EU without a deal would be a catastrophe for British farming."
National Farmers' Union President Minette Batters says a no-deal Brexit is "the stuff of nightmares".
