Theresa May has been told that the DUP leader, Arlene Foster, is now “ready” to trigger a no-deal Brexit and regards this as the “likeliest outcome” following a “hostile and difficult” exchange with the EU’s chief negotiator, an explosive set of leaked government emails reveal. Senior government advisers were swiftly informed that the DUP leader was “ready” for the UK to crash out of the EU without a deal. “She described Barnier as being difficult and hostile in her meeting today…” the leaked email from an adviser involved in the Brexit talks says. News of the emails comes amid new infighting in May’s cabinet over Brexit. The ministers say that if this were to be the case, the UK would never fully leave the EU.

Source: The Guardian October 13, 2018 21:00 UTC