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Can Britain Deal With ‘No Deal’?

The British government says it is prepared to crash out of the European Union—but a warning from its new foreign secretary suggests that isn’t true.
Source: Stefan Rousseau / Reuters

LONDON—For more than a year, the British government has insisted that the only thing worse than leaving the European Union with no deal would be to leave it with a bad one. Implicit in this proclamation was that Britons would have nothing to fear if negotiations between the U.K. and the EU went sour; that while every effort would be made to get the best deal for Britain, Britons would never have to bow to European demands U.K. voters thought unreasonable.

But nearly two.” Health Secretary Matt Hancock, facing similar anxieties over the possibility of medicine shortages, confirmed that the National Health Service would essential materials, including vaccines and blood products.

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