Brexit NAYSAYERS: Gloomy EU officials claim UK would face CHAOS in event of no deal Brexit

SENIOR EU officials have predicted the UK will spiral into disarray within just a week of a no-deal Brexit, claiming Britons would face “no flights to and from the UK, no ships, no economic activity and no financial transactions” if we fail to strike a deal before we leave the bloc next March.

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The diplomats argued that as a result of the ensuring chaotic meltdown triggered by "no deal", the UK would have no choice but to return to the negotiating table to thrash out a deal to salvage its economic prosperity.

Speaking to The Sun, the European officials estimated the chaos facing British businesses would be so pronounced the situation would rapidly become untenable for the Government.

Asked whether the UK Government could survive the first few days of a no deal exit, an EU ambassador said: “It’s not possible to have a no deal. There would be a massive outcry.

“With even a no deal for one week, with no flights to and from the UK, no ships, imagine the economic loss of one week of no economic activity, no personal activity, no financial transactions. That would already be a disaster.”

One senior EU official said Brussels negotiators were banking on it being such a disaster that the “cycle of negotiations and the political dynamics will be taken over by the real world”.

But Brexit cheerleader Jacob Rees-Mogg dismissed the claims as “delusional”.

He hit back at Brussels, telling The Sun: “It is wishful thinking by an EU establishment that has failed to notice that its grand scheme has failed economically, is devoid of democratic support and is increasingly unpopular across the continent.”

The top EU diplomats also questioned Brexit secretary Dominic Raab’s positive appraisal of how the UK would cope in the weeks after a no-deal break from Brussels.

Last week, Mr Raab delivered a speech after the Government released the first path of a series of more than 80 papers outlining contingency measures in the event of “no deal” with Brussels.

Among other things, the documents outlined guidance for businesses who could face extra red tape at borders and measures to avoid medicine shortages.
During his speech to coincide with the papers’ release, Mr Raab gave a bizarre commitment.

He said: “Let me assure you that, contrary to one of the wilder claims, you will still be able to enjoy a BLT after Brexit, and there are no plans to deploy the Army to maintain food supplies.”

But EU sources questioned Mr Raab’s assertion, claiming they “wouldn’t count on” his reassurance that Brits would still be able to enjoy a BLT sandwich in a no-deal scenario.

In his address, Mr Raab rejected what he branded as “wilder claims” about the impact of not reaching a deal.
The MP for Esher and Walton also dismissed suggestions the Army and Air Force would have to be deployed to secure food and medicine supplies as “scare stories”.

Meanwhile, a former EU chief sparked outrage yesterday by claiming a no deal Brexit would trigger the break-up of the UK.

Former European Council President Herman Van Rompuy said: “We could end up with a situation in which the EU27 becomes more united and the United Kingdom less united. This talk about a ‘no deal’ is the kind of nationalist rhetoric that belongs to another era.”

And EU officials believe business pressure on ministers to reach a compromise and avoid a “cliff-edge” outcome will come to a head in the next few months.

A senior EU official said: “The moment the markets understand this is going in the wrong way, the cycle of negotiations and the political dynamics will be taken over by the real world."