MICHAEL Gove yesterday said the door is “ajar” for Brexit trade talks — just days after the PM said they are over.
The senior Cabinet minister lashed Brussels for refusing to compromise, but held out the hope an 11th- hour deal could be brokered.
The crunch talks had collapsed after French president Emmanuel Macron sunk them in a row over fishing rights.
Mr Gove warned a No Deal Brexit would be “particularly difficult for France’s economy”.
But quizzed on whether the door for talks is still open, he said: “It is ajar.”
He told the BBC’s Andrew Marr: “We hope the EU will change their position. We’re certainly not saying that if they do that we can’t talk to them.
“But it’s only fair also that we communicate one other thing, which is that we are ready, if required, to leave on what have been called Australian terms.
“That’s not going to be a picnic.”
On Friday, Boris Johnson told Brits to prepare for a No Deal.
But the UK’s Brexit supremo Lord Frost is due to have a phone call with Michel Barnier today or tomorrow.
