Efforts to rule out no-deal Brexit are attempt to stop Brexit- Leadsom

Attempts to rule out a no-deal Brexit are a "thinly veiled" attempt to stop Britain from leaving the European Union, the leader of Britain's lower house of parliament, Andrea Leadsom, told The Sunday Times newspaper. Efforts to take no-deal off the table are a “thinly veiled attempt to stop Brexit," the newspaper quoted the Brexiteer as saying.

Meanwhile, junior defence minister Tobias Ellwood became the latest government figure to say a no-deal Brexit should be ruled out. "It is wrong for government and business to invest any more time and money in a no-deal outcome which will make us poorer, weaker and smaller in the eyes of the world," he told the Sunday Times. (Reporting by Costas Pitas; editing by Jonathan Oatis)