Michael Gove, the minister handling Brexit divorce issues for Britain, said on Sunday that the U.K. is "increasingly well-prepared" for a no-deal Brexit, even as businesses urged Britain and the European Union to find a compromise over trade terms.
A tumultuous "no deal" finale to the U.K.'s five-year Brexit crisis would sow chaos through the delicate supply chains that stretch across Britain, the EU and beyond — just as the economic hit from the coronavirus pandemic worsens.
"It is not my preferred destination," Gove said in an opinion piece in the Sunday Times newspaper.