[Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron] They can see that we want a deal, they can see the support problems. Angela Merkel clearly thinks solutions can be found within 30 days – what I actually meant is that if you can do it in two years, you can definitely do it in 30 days.
But I want to warn everyone, okay? Since this won’t be easy, it won’t be easy. We’ll have to work hard to get this thing done …
We should have an arrangement that allows the entire UK to exit the European Union and have friction-free trade at the borders in Northern Ireland. There are several ways we can make sure this happens. But to convince our friends and partners in the European Union, who are very, very difficult against, it will take some time …
I’m afraid we’ll have to prepare to go out without an agreement and we can do that, we’re so confident we’ll be fine because we’re going to make all kinds of preparations.
We are making progress but I’m just telling people not to hold their breath, because I have seen the way the Brussels negotiations work.
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