What I want to do now, which
is what I think most people
in this country want the
government to do, is
get on and try and get an agreement
but if we can't get an agreement
get ready to come out
anyway. And it's by getting
ready to come out anyway
that we've greatly strengthened
our position with our friends
and partners in the EU because
they see that we're serious.
And just to get back to parliament,
which I bet you were going
to ask me about, just to get
back to parliament. I'm
afraid that the more our
friends and partners think
at the back of their minds
that Brexit could be stopped,
that the UK could be kept in
by parliament, the less likely
they are to give us the deal
that we need. And so that's
why I really hope that MPs
will allow the UK to do a deal
and to get ready for a no-deal
Brexit and that's the best way
forward for our country.
We told the people we
would get it done.
We have a way to get it
done. We're in the last stages
now of negotiating with
our friends about a way
to get it done. If we can't
succeed in that negotiation
we must come out anyway.
But the best way to succeed
in that negotiation is
for everybody to be
united in the objective and
for the UK negotiations to
have the strongest possible
hand. That's what we'll do
over the next few weeks.
