PressTV-‘Don’t bully us’: Britain tells EU

Britain has warned the European Union that it could leave the bloc without a deal, saying the EU will go nowhere by trying to bully the United Kingdom in talks over Brexit.

“What is unthinkable is that this government, or any British government, could be bullied by the threat of some kind of economic embargo, into signing a one-sided deal against our country’s interests,” Brexit minister Dominic Raab said on Monday.

Raab, addressing a ruling Conservative Party conference in Birmingham, said the EU has shown no sign of pragmatism in responding to Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit proposals, adding that “respect” for Britain and its Brexit plan was ascent from a recent EU summit in Salzburg, Austria.

“Unfortunately, that wasn’t on display in Salzburg,” he said, adding, “Our prime minister has been constructive and respectful. In return we heard jibes from senior leaders and we saw a starkly one-sided approach to…

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