Former Brexit Party MEP Ben Habib argued the UK has a challenging 2021 ahead. During an interview with Express.co.uk, Mr Habib argued Boris Johnson will likely agree a bad Brexit deal that aligns the UK with the EU. He added that this combined with the consequences of coronavirus would make the next year a challenging one for many.<\/p>\n
Mr Habib said: \"I think 2021 is looking very very challenging.<\/p>\n
\"This is because the Government has spent a massive amount of money on this pandemic.<\/p>\n
\"They have done this through keeping businesses closed, furlough schemes, bounce back loans and coronavirus support schemes.\"<\/p>\n
Mr Habib noted that these moves made by the Government, however necessary, would be a key part of the challenge facing the UK in 2021.<\/p>\n
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He continued: \"We are going to go into 2021 with Government finances stretched.<\/p>\n
\"If we sign ourselves into a close deal with the EU, fettering our ability to deregulate and therefore take the burdens off of businesses in a non-monetary manner, we will have a constrained economy.<\/p>\n
\"This will be a result of regulation and by the amount of debt we have taken on.<\/p>\n
\"I don't see the prospects of 2021 being bright for the UK.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\"I suspect the people like me, people who saw the opportunities that a no deal Brexit would have afforded the UK, will now spend quite a significant proportion of the rest of their lives campaigning and promoting the unpicking of the deal that Boris Johnson is about to sign.<\/p>\n
\"This is so we can get Britain moving again properly.\"<\/p>\n
Mr Habib also went into details of what areas he believed Boris Johnson disappoint Brexiteers with in his trade deal.<\/p>\n
He highlighted the areas Boris Johnson would compromise would be in areas Leavers were most concerned about.<\/p>\n
This included fishing rights for the EU, the influence of the European Court of Justice and the level playing field.<\/p>\n
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He said: \"I think what we are going to get by the time we get to January 1 is a deal.<\/p>\n
\"But it will be a deal that mirrors, to a very significant extent, the political declaration that the Prime Minister signed as part of the Withdrawal Agreement.<\/p>\n
\"In that political declaration, he did sign up to a level playing field, to fix fishing quotas, signed up to considering joining PESCO which is their equivalent of NATO, he has also signed up to cooperation on military into operability.<\/p>\n
\"He has also signed up to give the Court of Justice of the European Union, quite a large say in what happens in all those matters I just listed.<\/p>\n
\"I think, unfortunately, we are going to get a deal by January 1st that signs us up very closely to the EU.\"<\/p>\n
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