Britain faces bitter ending as the only alternative to ‘hard Brexit’ is staying in EU says Eurocrat Donald Tusk
Britain can't 'pro-have it' and 'pro-eat it' EU chief rants as he dismisses new Brexit proposals by Boris as 'cake philosophy'
EU chiefs last night warned Britain faces a bitter and “painful” EU exit and “consequences” for leaving.
European Council president Donald Tusk said that the only alternative to a hard Brexit is remaining in the EU.
The Eurocrat claimed: “There will be no cakes on the table for anyone. There will be only salt and vinegar.”
He even urged PM Theresa May to reverse the Brexit vote and vowed Brits would lose all EU benefits.
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In a direct assault on Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, he dismissed his claims that a new deal could be done that saw access to markets and border controls as “cake philosophy”.
He claimed Britain’s “pro-having it and pro-eating it” ambitions were a “pure illusion”.
Mr Tusk told the European Policy Centre in Brussels that it was “useless to speculate about soft Brexit”.
He said: “The only real alternative to a hard Brexit is no Brexit, even if today hardly anyone believes in such a possibility”.
Meanwhile, a legal bid brought by financiers to give Parliament power to say when we leave the EU was yesterday dismissed as an attempt to “steal the referendum by the back door”.
The High Court challenge, led by multi-millionaire philanthropist Gina Miller, should conclude next month.