Brexit LIVE: Article 16 beckons! Truss to square up to Brussels over hated EU deal – Daily Express

She commented: Pleased to be taking on responsibility for the EU negotiations and wider relationship with the excellent Chris Heaton-Harris.

The surprise news has caught the EU off balance, with one EU official summing up the anxiety by telling the Guardian: Hopefully the new negotiator will be more pragmatic, making good relations with the EU and its member states relations a priority over the pursuit of a pure, antagonistic Brexit - were not holding our breath.

David Bannerman, ex-Conservative MEP for the East of England, said of the appointment: "Dont expect any weakening of line on Protocol. Article 16 beckons."

Former Brexit Party MEP Ben Habib was in little doubt who should carry the can, pointing the finger at Prime Minister Boris Johnson himself.

He toldExpress.co.uk: Instead of leaving the regulatory nightmare that is the EU he has gilded the lily and made the UK an indebted bloated public sector dominated economy with the highest taxes since the Post War period. But the person who really needs to leave office is the Prime Minister himself."

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