Chancellor Merkel was hitting the wires: "Absolutely no doubt' good Brexit conclusion possible"

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Germany Chancellor Merkel was hitting the wires and she said that UK PM May’s Brexit stance insufficient at this point

Merkel: "Absolutely no doubt' good Brexit conclusion possible"
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Times reports: "David Davis draws up plans for no deal on Brexit talks. Mr Davis described leaving the EU without a deal as a very distant possibility. However, as the Time's reported, he said that the government was preparing for 'no-deal' as an insurance policy and added that it did not intend to pursue the option. Whitehall sources said that Mr Davis was not going to accentuate the positives of a no-deal scenario unnecessarily in his presentation to the cabinet."

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