Tory MP HAILS United Kingdom's strong Brexit stance as EU is 'BEGGING' May for deal
Mrs May flew to Brussels on December 8 to finalise a last-minute Brexit deal many have hailed as a step forward in the negotiations with the European Union. And the senior Conservative politician said that the EU "almost begging" for a deal with the UK signalled Britain is in a strong position to get a beneficial trade deal during the second phase of the talks. Mr Jenkins said: "The fact that the EU almost begged Theresa May to make an agreement I think shows what a strong position the United Kingdom is in and we should stick to our guns.
BBC/GETTY Bernard Jenkins said the Brexit deal signed with the EU put the UK in a strong negotiating position
"It is an agreement to move to the main phase of the negotiations, which is long overdue." Speaking to BBC Daily Politics, he also took a dig at opposition parties trying to undermine the deal by promoting a strategy that would see the UK in a bad negotiating position. He continued: "We should not finish up where Labour, the Liberal Democrats and the SNP want this country to be. "Unable to influence the decisions made, unable to influence the court but subject to the court and all the rules, and all the costs.