
Brexiteers are not at all happy with the idea that the UK is on track to secure only 60 per cent of its objectives for a trade deal with the EU, saying “Brexit MUST mean Brexit”.
“It sounds like the #EU is going to win again. We voted to LEAVE the EU, not stay 40% IN!!” Pro-Brexit @grimes_steve tweeted earlier this week.
The UK being sovereign, having total control of its laws, borders, cash and waters should never have been on the ta… https://t.co/s2J0IzB6q2— Ben Habib (@Ben Habib) 1595881079
On Thursday, EU negotiator Michel Barnier warned a trade deal was 'unlikely' and lashed out at Britain over its hard-line position on fishing rights in UK territorial waters.
Speaking after a round of negotiations in London, Barnier told reporters that "the time for answers is quickly running out".
"By its current refusal to commit to open and fair competition and to a balanced agreement on fisheries, the UK makes a trade agreement, at this point, unlikely. Until the very last day of this negotiation and despite the current difficulties the EU will remain engaged, constructive, and respectful," he said on Thursday.
A Tory source told the Sunday Times, however, that while the UK’s chief Brexit negotiator David Frost is feeling more positive about the deal, he had acknowledged it may not be everything Brexiteers are hoping for.
Brexit Chief Negotiator David Frost has done well. His greatest test is yet to come though. https://t.co/FjAs309V0u— Nigel Farage (@Nigel Farage) 1595866991
The insider told the newspaper that Frost’s view “seems to be that we will get a deal, but he doesn't seem to be completely thrilled with what it is likely to be”.
“When people hear that we are getting 60 per cent of what we want, the question on everyone's lips is: ‘What is the 40 per cent we are giving away?’"
100% BREXIT - Nothing else will do. WTO Brexit MUST mean Brexit – 60% Brexit is like 60% pregnant, it's impossible! https://t.co/ihInepBOXo— Jo #NoVaccinePassports #Together (@Jo #NoVaccinePassports #Together) 1595863566
Tory Brexiteer MP Andrew Bridgen responded angrily, telling The Express that it would be a bad outcome if only 60 per cent, not 100 per cent, of the demands were agreed to.
“I can’t see how we can give so much,” he said. “The majority of the items that we disagree on and are causing the stumbling blocks, no sovereign nation could ever agree to,” Bridgen said.
Brexit “alarm” as UK will get only 60% of demands from EU, Tory MP Andrew Bridgen said “this wouldn’t be a good out… https://t.co/SspuDInuhq— joyce miller🇬🇧 (@joyce miller🇬🇧) 1595850586
“The EU is not treating the UK and an independent sovereign nation, it is acting as if we are still a member of the EU,” he said.
Brexit MUST mean Brexit and NO FUDGE - this is no time for Britain to back down https://t.co/kQV9GTvcuW— LSW1 (@LSW1) 1595873164
Hardcore Brexiteers do not want to accept "half a Brexit", but it looks like they may have no choice.