PM hails ‘jumbo, Canada-style’ agreement and says Britain has taken back control of destiny

Boris Johnson claimed finally to have settled the vexed question of Britain’s relationship with the European Union as he hailed on Christmas Eve what he called the “jumbo, Canada-style” Brexit deal.

At a press conference in Downing Street where he was flanked by two large union flags, the prime minister said: “This European question’s been going on for decades. I think this gives us the platform, the foundation for a really prosperous new relationship.”

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