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The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, furiously attacked Boris Johnson’s plan to nullify parts of the withdrawal agreement this afternoon. She said the UK cannot unilaterally sideline the Brexit deal, which the prime minister agreed to with the EU last October. In response to the EU’s tough stance, Express.co.uk asked its readers whether Johnson should end post-Brexit trade talks with Brussels.
The online poll, conducted from 4pm to 10pm on September 16, asked: “After the attack by Ursula von der Leyen, should Boris end the trade negotiations now?”
The vast majority of the 5,261 respondents thought the UK should walk away from the negotiations.
A whopping 95 percent of readers (4,996 people) voted “yes,” and only five percent (241 people) said “no.”
Less than one percent (24 people) chose “I don’t know.”
Readers then took the comments to explain why they thought the UK should withdraw from the talks.
One person wrote: “Trade negotiations should have been interrupted three months ago in favor of a WTO solution when it became clear that there was no satisfactory common ground available for reaching an agreement.
“The increasingly toxic relationship should now be brought to its logical conclusion with the total repudiation of the withdrawal agreement and preparations for absolute competition and a trade war.”
Another user wrote: “Allowing this to go on has absolutely no purpose, all it does is hold the door open for an adverse outcome when walking is by far the best.
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Another reader wrote: “The UK will be well within its right to walk away from the EU at the WTO considering the aggressive manner of the EU.
“It’s good to see that 96 per cent of Brits who took part in this poll voted for WALK AWAY, I agree with you.”
Earlier today, Ms Von der Leyen delivered her annual State of the Union address to the European Parliament, where she chose to discuss Brexit.
She said: “This Withdrawal Agreement took three years to negotiate and we worked tirelessly on it line by line, word for word, and together we achieved it.
“The EU and the UK jointly agreed that it was the best and only way to ensure peace on the island of Ireland and we will never back down on that.
“This agreement has been ratified by this House and the House of Commons.
“It cannot be unilaterally changed, ignored or stopped applying.
“It is a matter of law, trust and good faith.”
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