Sputnik: Will Theresa May's pressure tactic help get her Brexit deal through parliament?
Graham Eardley: First of all, Theresa May's got to negotiate on the backstop, and the EU look unwilling to negotiate. Without the negotiated alterations to the backstop, then the deal is off the table.
Sputnik: Could there be any alternatives to either the Prime Minister's Brexit deal or reverting to WTO rules?
Graham Eardley: It's never too late until the last day really, but what alternatives they would be I don't know. I know that the European research group talk about the amended backstop delay would swallow the thirty nine billion pounds, but as I said. It all depends on Mrs May's negotiations in Europe.
I know that the ERG have spoken to the government whips, and have requested that any prospective no deal be taken off the table, would not meet with their approval to put it mildly.
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