Brown says PM could face ‘economic war’ on Brexit with Europe and America

Gordon Brown says Boris Johnson would face an “economic war” with Europe and America if he fails to strike a trade deal. The former PM said Mr Johnson’s confrontational approach will make him the “most isolated prime minister in peacetime history” if there is a no-deal Brexit. He added: “Because he has simply chosen a path of confrontation when everybody knows that it’s in Britain’s economic interests – maybe not in the Brexiteers’ ideological interest – but it’s in Britain’s economic interest to get a deal and to get a deal now.”