Archbishop of Canterbury warns Brexit deal chances ‘infintesimally small’

Jul 31, 2017 by

by Harry Farley, Christian Today.

The Archbishop of Canterbury is warning the chances of reaching a Brexit deal within the two-year deadline are ‘infinitesimally small’.

Justin Welby said unless certain decisions were taken ‘off the political table’ the UK risked leaving the European Union without a trade deal.

A Remain voter, Welby has called for a cross-party commission to achieve consensus on Brexit negotiations and draw the ‘poison’ from the debate.

He warned of ‘literally thousands of separate agreements’ that need to be reached as well as the ‘huge political decisions’ such as membership of the single market and customs union.

‘If each one of those has to be argued as a point of confidence on the floor of the House of Commons, the chance of getting this done in what’s now roughly 18 months is infinitesimally small,’ he told the BBC’s Today Programme.

‘Can the politicans not put at the front of their minds the needs of the United Kingdom to come out with a functional, working system for Brexit?’

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