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Tuesday 30 July 2019
Johnson presses EU to give way amid no-deal Brexit warnings

By JILL LAWLESS tariffs and customs checks
DANICA KIRKA between Britain and the
Associated Press bloc. The British govern-
LONDON (AP) — Prime Min- ment's financial watchdog
ister Boris Johnson pushed says that could send the
Britain closer to a no-deal value of the pound plum-
exit from the European meting further and push
Union on Monday, insisting the U.K. into recession.
he will not hold Brexit talks The Confederation of British
with EU leaders unless the Industry, the country's big-
bloc lifts its refusal to re- gest business lobby group,
open the existing divorce urged both Britain and the
deal. EU to accelerate Brexit
Johnson is trying to pres- preparations. It made 200
sure the EU to give ground recommendations , includ-
by intensifying preparations ing new laws, new IT sys-
for the U.K. to leave in three tems and agreements to
months without a with- temporarily maintain some
drawal agreement. common regulations.
But the pound fell to a two- But it said "the unprec-
year low as business groups edented nature of Brexit
warned that neither Britain means some aspects can-
nor the EU is ready for a not be mitigated."
no-deal Brexit, and that no "It's like putting sandbags
amount of preparation can Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, right, shakes hands with Britain's Prime Minister Boris John- down for a flood. Your
eliminate the economic son, outside Bute House, ahead of their meeting, in Edinburgh, Scotland, Monday July 29, 2019. kitchen's still going to be
damage if Britain crashes Associated Press underwater but maybe we
out of the 28-nation trading can save the bedrooms
bloc without agreement on make major changes to negotiations or remove the "we must assume there will upstairs," said the group's
the terms. May's spurned deal, includ- border "backstop." be no deal on the 31st of head of EU negotiations,
Johnson became prime ing scrapping an insurance Johnson has spoken to sev- October." Nicole Sykes.
minister last week after policy for the Irish border eral EU leaders by phone Before he took office, John- Another warning came
winning a Conservative that has been rejected by since he took office but has son said the odds of Britain from French automaker
Party leadership contest by U.K. lawmakers. no meetings scheduled. His leaving the EU without a PSA, which said it could
promising the strongly pro- "The withdrawal agree- spokeswoman, Alison Don- deal were a million to one. move production of its
Brexit party membership ment is dead, it's got to nelly, said he would not At one point Monday, the Vauxhall Astra model out
that the U.K. will leave the go," Johnson said Monday agree to negotiations un- pound had fallen by nearly of Britain if Brexit makes it
EU on the scheduled date as he visited a submarine less the bloc lifts its refusal 1.5% to trade at $1.2214, its unprofitable. Chief execu-
of Oct. 31, with or without a base in Scotland. "But there to change the withdrawal lowest level since March tive Carlos Tavares told
divorce deal. is scope to do a new deal." agreement. 2017. The pound's woes il- the Financial Times that
The EU struck a withdrawal He said he was "very con- "He remains confident that lustrate concerns in the would mean closing Vaux-
agreement with Johnson's fident" of getting a new the EU will stop claiming markets over a no-deal hall's Ellesmere Port plant
predecessor, Theresa May, agreement, even though that the withdrawal agree- Brexit. Economists warn that in Wales, which employs
but it was rejected three Britain is due to leave the EU ment can't be changed," leaving the bloc without an 1,000 people.
times by Britain's Parliament. in less than 100 days, and she said. agreement on terms would Johnson, contradicting the
Johnson is insisting the bloc the EU insists it won't reopen If they don't, she added, disrupt trade by imposing opinion of most experts,
has said leaving without a
It's official: UK broke temperature divorce deal will be "van-
ishingly inexpensive" if Brit-
ain is properly prepared.
record during heat wave He says he will "turbo-
charge" plans for a no-deal
Brexit — including beefed-
up border measures and a
Associated Press August 2003. multimillion-pound informa-
LONDON (AP) — Britain has Temperature records fell tion campaign for individu-
officially had its hottest day across Europe last week as als and businesses — and
on record. a suffocating heat wave has set up a bodies includ-
Weather agency the Met swept up from the Sahara. ing a high-level Cabinet
Office says the tempera- Met office climate scien- "exit strategy committee" to
ture reached 38.7 C (101.7 tist Mark McCarthy said oversee preparations.
F) at Cambridge University climate change was mak- However, he faces strong
Botanic Garden in eastern ing extreme temperatures resistance from Parliament,
England during last week's more common. which has consistently op-
heat wave. He said "climate change posed a no-deal Brexit.
The temperature was re- has increased the likeli- Beyond Brexit, Johnson has
corded Thursday and con- hood and severity of heat- made ambitious domestic
firmed Monday after "qual- wave episodes across Eu- policy promises, including
ity control and analysis" by rope, which will have also more money for police and
People flock to Broadstairs beach in Kent, England, Thursday the Met Office. increased the risks of a 40 schools, and major infra-
July 25, 2019. The previous U.K. record Celsius temperature event structure projects including
Associated Press
was 38.5 C (101.3 F), set in in the U.K."q high-speed trains.q