What happens next after Boris Johnson’s Brexit ultimatum to Brussels?

Ashley Cowburn looks at how the next few weeks could play out now the PM has presented his deal to the European Union

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Addressing Tory delegates in his first speech as party leader, Boris Johnson laid out his “take it or leave it” ultimatum to Brussels, kicking off a critical month in the Brexit process.

“There is now very little time in which to negotiate a new agreement between the UK and the EU under Article 50,” the PM later wrote in his letter to Brussels. “We need to get this done before the European Council.”

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