Tory rebels send stark warning to Boris Johnson over no-deal Brexit Read moreSuch a strategy remains necessary because no deal still waits for us on the other side of summer. All it will take is MPs who were once staunch in their opposition to leaving the EU without a deal to fold. They’d be unable to blame remainers or the judges or the BBC or the universities, because no one would have stood in their way. Everything’s fine.” Because it’s possible that no deal won’t trigger an instant calamity, but rather act as a slow puncture for the economy, tipping us into recession, steadily destroying 200,000 jobs and shrinking wages. Most important, even if a no-deal Brexit delivered sweet vindication for remainers, it would taste bitter.

Source: The Guardian July 19, 2019 16:39 UTC