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BORIS ON BREXIT: Theresa May’s Soft-Brexit plan will lead to a VICTORY for the EU

Mayor of London Boris Johnson takes a helicopter ride over Hong Kong as part of week long visit to China to promote trade between the far east and London. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Thursday October 17, 2013. See PA story POLITICS China. Photo credit should read: Andrew Parsons/PA Wire

BORIS Johnson has attacked Appeaser Theresa’s Brexit strategy, branding it a “fix” that can only lead to victory for the EU.

Insiders say the attack will be seen by Westminster as the launch of a bid to try and oust weak and unstable Theresa May.

He said that Britain was “lying flat on the canvas” in withdrawal talks, we think he means we are practically being ‘raped’ by the EU.

Britain has “gone into battle with the white flag fluttering over our leading tank” due to May’s Chequers proposals to align UK standards on goods to the EU, BoJo said.

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The Tory heavyweight compared withdrawal negotiations between Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab and the EU’s Michel Barnier to a rigged wrestling match.

Writing in the Daily Telegraph, Mr Johnson said: “Out of their corners come Dominic Raab and Michel Barnier, shrugging their shoulders and beating their chests – and I just hope you aren’t one of those trusting souls who still thinks it could really go either way.

“The fix is in. The whole thing is about as pre-ordained as a bout between Giant Haystacks and Big Daddy; and in this case, I am afraid, the inevitable outcome is a victory for the EU, with the UK lying flat on the canvas and 12 stars circling symbolically over our semi-conscious head.”

Mr Johnson accused “some members” of the Government of deliberately using the Irish border situation to “stop a proper Brexit” and effectively keep Britain in the EU.

He said that the real “scandal” was “not that we have failed, but that we have not even tried” on Brexit.

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The blistering intervention comes as Mrs May faces growing opposition on Tory benches to the Chequers Cabinet compromise on the Brexit strategy which triggered the resignation from the Government of Mr Johnson.

With Parliament returning from recess on Tuesday, the PM is expected to face a coordinated effort from Tory hardline Brexiteers to abandon her exit agenda amid reports that election strategist Sir Lynton Crosby is involved in a “chuck Chequers” campaign.

After Mr Barnier stated he “strongly opposed” the Chequers proposals because such “cherry-picking” would mean the end of the European project if enacted, Mr Johnson said Britain faced getting “two thirds of diddly squat” for its divorce bill.

Mr Johnson said: “They may puff about ‘cherry-picking’ the single market. There may be some confected groaning and twanging of leotards when it comes to the discussion on free movement. But the reality is that in this negotiation the EU has so far taken every important trick.

“The UK has agreed to hand over £40 billion of taxpayers’ money for two thirds of diddly squat.

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“We will remain in the EU taxi; but this time locked in the boot, with absolutely no say on the destination. We won’t have taken back control – we will have lost control.”

The comments followed claims from former Brexit secretary David Davis that Mrs May had positioned herself for “open sesame” on further Brexit climbdowns after saying she would not be pushed into compromises “that are not in our national interest”.

Mr Davis branded the Chequers blueprint as being “actually almost worse than being in” the EU.

In another sign of Cabinet tensions, International Development Secretary Liam Fox took a swipe at the Treasury over gloomy predictions on the consequences of a no-deal scenario.

Dr Fox told the BBC: “Can you think back in all your time in politics where the Treasury have made predictions that were correct 15 years out, I can’t, they didn’t predict the financial crisis that happened, no-one could.

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“So this idea that we can predict what our borrowing would be 15 years in advance is just a bit hard to swallow.

“To say what a GDP figure would be 15 years ahead is not a predictive power that I’ve known the Treasury to have in my time in politics … I don’t believe it is possible to have a 15-year time horizon on predictions on GDP.”

 

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