Theresa May should go for No Deal next week instead of pushing Brexit back, Liz Truss warns
The Cabinet minister insisted a No Deal Brexit would end up going smoothly
THERESA May should opt for No Deal over accepting a lengthy Brexit delay, Liz Truss said today.
The Chief Secretary to the Treasury said No Deal was now “more likely” than a long delay if the PM’s deal is defeated again in the Commons next week.
Asked if she would rather a No Deal than an extension, Ms Truss told The Sun: “God yes. No extension.”
She added: “I believe No Deal is better than a long extension.”
And Ms Truss, who is Chancellor Philip Hammond’s deputy, said Britain was ready for a No Deal.
Dismissing gloomy forecasts of an economic fallout after a No Deal Brexit, she added: “I don’t believe the plague of locusts stuff.”
Today EU bosses agreed to give Theresa May a two-month extension to the Brexit process - but only on condition that her deal makes it through the Commons next week.
If the deal falls for a third time, the legal default is that we crash out without a deal next Friday.
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Mrs May insists she will never sign up to a longer extension which keeps Britain in the EU past the summer.
Ms Truss would be joined by Brexiteers such as Andrea Leadsom in welcoming a No Deal outcome rather than a further Brexit delay.
But pro-Remain ministers including Amber Rudd would probably resign rather than stay part of the Cabinet in the event of a No Deal.
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