Daily Telegraph - 16/10/20
Boris Johnson has said it is time for the UK to "get ready for January 1st with arrangements that are more like Australia's" as he signals the end of Brexit talks.
The Prime Minister said that although he had only ever sought a Canada-style deal "to judge from latest summit in Brussels that won't work for our EU partners", who wanted the continued power over the UK's laws and fisheries, he claimed.
"I have to make a judgement about the likely outcome and to get us all ready," Mr Johnson said.
"Given that they have refused to negotiate seriously for much of the last few months, and given that this summit appears explicitly to rule out a Canada-style deal, I have concluded that we should get ready for January 1 with arrangements that are more like Australia’s based on simple principles of global free trade."
Mr Johnson did not rule out reopening talks if there was "a change of heart", although stressed: "Unless there is a fundamental change of approach we are going to go for the Australian solution."
Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage welcomed the news, tweeting: "A Canada-style deal was always impossible given the withdrawal agreement. Boris now reaching the right solution."
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