TUESDAY 20 AUGUST 2019

Editorials

Johnson must negotiate with

the EU in good faith

Downing Street’s response to the leak of its Operation Yellowhammer dossier on the likely impact of a no-
deal Brexit was revealing. It tried to distract attention from the highly damaging consequences set out in the
report by pointing the finger of blame for the leak at the “Remain alliance” of former cabinet ministers led
by Philip Hammond. The former chancellor denied disclosing it.

Michael Gove, the cabinet minister responsible for no-deal planning, insisted it was “an old document” and
that “significant additional steps” have been taken since it was written. However, it is believed to have been

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