Barnier warns that no-deal Brexit is becoming more likely by the day

Michel Barnier has warned that a no-deal Brexit is becoming more likely by the day in the wake of the Commons’ rejection of all of the alternative solutions to Theresa May’s deal.

Speaking in Brussels, the EU’s chief negotiator said there had to be a “positive vote” by the Commons in order to avoid a cliff-edge Brexit on 12 April.

“No deal was never our desired or intended scenario,” Barnier told an audience at a thinktank event. “But the EU27 is now prepared. It becomes day after day more likely.”

Three scenarios were set out by the EU official: agreement this week on the prime minister’s deal or a variant of it, no deal, or a long extension to article 50 requiring “a strong justification”.

Via The Guardian