Farage reveals exactly how UK can BREAK AWAY from vassal state Brexit transition deal
NIGEL FARAGE revealed that Britain “can do whatever” it likes as of the morning of March 30, 2019 – including breaking the Brexit transition deal which could see Britain as a “vassal state” until the end of 2020.
Nigel Farage said he agrees with Brexiteer MP Jacob Rees-Mogg’s claim that Britain will be a vassal state after Brexit, insisting Britain can break away from the transition deal on the date it leaves the European Union.
Speaking on BBC News, Mr Farage said: “I think, we are in a position where we are a rule-taker without any say whatsoever. It’s not a good deal. But do you know something?
“Once we are out, we are going to wake up on March 30 next year saying ‘do you know what? We are a free country again’.
“We can do whatever we like. So we could, even, change the terms of that deal.”
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We can do whatever we like. So we could, even, change the terms of that deal
Mr Farage added: “There are plenty of deals in life that get broken and that’s just the way life is.”
The former Ukip leader believes there will be “political challenges” to some of the concessions made on the transition.
He added: “It can take Theresa May as Prime Minister at her word but, you know, once we’ve left the European Union she’s kind of done the job that she was put in place as Prime Minister to do.”
In March, the European Union chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier and Brexit Secretary David Davis presented the latest Brexit deal proposals since the end of the first phase of talks in December.
Mr Barnier and Davis described the deal as a “decisive step” that will lead to the “orderly withdrawal” of the UK.
The pair also agreed the transitional period will last from March 29, 2019, to December 2020. But some issues, including the Irish border, remain unresolved.
The two politicians also secured a deal for the UK’s fishing fleet in which Britain will secure the sovereignty of its waters after 2020 – a move that infuriated some fishermen.
As a result of the EU summit on Friday, the remaining 27 member states approved a draft deal on Britain's transition to Brexit, opening the door for talks on trade.