Johnson says he is ‘cautiously optimistic’ of new Brexit deal

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Boris Johnson has said he is &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;cautiously optimistic” of getting a Brexit deal as he prepares for talks with European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The British Prime Minister will travel to Luxembourg on Monday for his first meeting with Mr Juncker and EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier since taking office in July&comma; Downing Street said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Speaking in Rotherham at the launch of his plan to re-vitalise the Northern Powerhouse initiative&comma; Mr Johnson said there was the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;rough shape” of a deal in place&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>However&comma; he was heckled by a member of audience who told him to &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;get back to Parliament” to sort out &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;the mess that you have created”&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Johnson brushed off the interruption&comma; insisting MPs would have &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;ample time” to consider Brexit when Parliament returns next month after a five-week suspension&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He said recent meetings with Irish premier Leo Varadkar&comma; German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron had made &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;a good deal of progress” towards an agreement&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>But he made clear that if he was unable to get a new deal&comma; he would not be deterred by &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;shenanigans” at Westminster from taking Britain out of the EU by the October 31 deadline&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>His comments came after Commons Speaker John Bercow warned on Thursday that MPs would act &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;forcefully” to prevent the Prime Minister pushing through a no-deal Brexit against the will of the House&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In response to reporters’ questions&comma; Mr Johnson said his meetings with Mr Juncker and Mr Barnier would be an opportunity to discuss the ideas they had been working on&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We are working incredibly hard to get a deal&period; There is the rough shape of the deal to be done&period; I would say I’m cautiously optimistic&comma;”<&sol;em> he said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed4fbe9b480">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; function &lpar;&rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; false &equals;&equals;&equals; &lpar; window&period;isWatlV1 &quest;&quest; false &rpar; &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&sol;&sol; Use Aditude scripts&period;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings &equals; window&period;tudeMappings &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings&period;push&lpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;divId&colon; 'atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed4fbe9b480'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;format&colon; 'belowpost'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; document&period;readyState &equals;&equals;&equals; 'loading' &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;document&period;addEventListener&lpar; 'DOMContentLoaded'&comma; window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; else &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback&lpar;&rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;script>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>


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