Baroness Kate Hoey: Media Brexit coverage ‘making people more frightened than they need to be’

Independent peer Kate Hoey has criticised the mainstream media over its coverage of Brexit talks, as Boris Johnson warns it is “very, very likely” the UK will fail to strike a trade deal with the EU.

Speaking with talkRADIO’s Mike Graham, the former Labour MP and leading Brexiteer said: “I do find the terribly negative reporting from some media about what no trading agreement would mean, is making people even more frightened than they need to be.

“Clearly we’re not going to stop selling things and people are not going to stop bringing things in.”

The Prime Minister has said he was “hopeful” that progress could be made in talks but stressed that the two sides remained stuck on fisheries and the so-called level-playing field.

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