Brexit negotiations have taken another turn on Thursday. It seems that the Brexit saga is never ending, and today Michael Gove has had his say.

The UK Government said to the EU that it will walk away from trade talks in June, unless a broad outline of a deal is produced.

The UK Government have been in lockdown with Brussels over a potential Brexit Withdrawal Deal – and both parties are seemingly unwilling to give any sovereignty to their counterpart.

The UK Government also said tat they would not accept any alignment with EU laws, as the EU is demanding.

The UK document says:

* The UK “will not negotiate any arrangements in which the UK does not have control of its own laws and political life”
* The UK’s aim is for a trading relationship with the EU similar to the ones the 27-nation bloc has with Canada, Japan and South Korea
* There will be no jurisdiction for EU law or the European Court of Justice in the UK
* The UK will rely on World Trade Organisation rules under an arrangement with the EU similar to Australia’s if progress on a comprehensive deal cannot be made
* A separate agreement on fisheries is needed, to reflect the fact that “the UK will be an independent coastal state at the end of 2020”.

The terms from the EU side stated that the UK could be expected to be under EU rules and regulations following the Brexit Withdrawal process. There was a mention of state subsidies for industry, environmental standards and workers rights.

PM Johnson has promised the British people that a Brexit deal will only be agreed where the EU can give some concession, and the final deal favors the British people.

Post Brexit talks are heating up, as the French Foreign Minister warned Boris Johnson that the deal could turn into a ‘battle’ last week.

Michel Barnier have already said that the EU is prepared to give the UK “super-preferential access” to the EU market of 450 million people – but it seems that a hard Brexit is on the mind of the government.

The UK Government will have to realize that not everything can be done on their terms, and that some ground will have to be given if a Brexit Withdrawal deal is to be struck.

Michael Gove, added: “Geography is no reason to undermine democracy. We will not be seeking to dynamically align with EU rules on EU terms governed by EU laws and EU institutions.”