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No deal Brexit ‘likelier than ever,’ EU chief negotiator Barnier says
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A NO-DEAL Brexit is becoming more likely “day after day,” EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier said today after none of the four options for leaving the EU received majority support of MPs.

European Parliament Brexit coordinator Guy Verhofstadt echoed Mr Barnier by saying “a hard Brexit becomes nearly inevitable.”

Mr Verhofstadt said Britain “faced the abyss” if MPs cannot agree a way forward.

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