Boris Johnson would only have himself to blame for a no-deal Brexit | Simon Jenkins

The prime minister is in this mess because he has always considered his own interests before Britains

What Boris Johnson once described as a failure of statecraft now looms over Downing Street. As Britain prepares to end normal commercial contact with the rest of Europe, we must try to understand the endgame that is passing through the prime ministers mind.

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