Former UK Chancellor Philip Hammond accused Prime Minister Boris Johnson of ruining any chance of a new Brexit deal with the EU by setting the bar "so high that there is no realistic probability of a deal being done."
In a letter to Johnson, seen by The Sun, and signed by 20 other senior Tory MPs, Hammond demanded Johnson declare he is firmly committed to leaving the EU with a deal and that he is ready to compromise to get one.
Meanwhile, writing in The Times, Hammond warned that Johnson risks betraying the EU referendum result by allowing "unelected people" to "pull the strings" of his government. He accused Johnson's aide Dominic Cummings of pushing for a no-deal Brexit by making demands that the EU "cannot, and will not, accede to."
