My Brexit plan or crash out of EU, says May

The gloomy assessment contrasts with that of May, who indicated last week that a no-deal hard Brexit would not be a disaster for Britain.

May remains confident of striking an acceptable deal with Brussels.

But even if she gets an accord in the coming weeks, it must be signed off in parliament, where she can only muster a slender majority.

That would mean only a small number of May’s Conservative MPs need to rebel in order to bring down her blueprint – and plenty of hardcore Brexiteers are infuriated by it.

May expressed confidence parliament would approve the deal – but warned there was no alternative if Britain wanted to avoid a “no deal” scenario.

“Do we really think… that if parliament was to say, ‘No, go back and get a better one’, do we really think the EU is going to give a better deal at that point?” she said.

May has proposed that Britain follow EU rules in trade in goods after Brexit, to protect manufacturing supply lines and avoid a “hard border” between Northern Ireland, part of the United Kingdom, and the Republic of Ireland.

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