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"The deal is done!" Boris Johnson wrote on Twitter within minutes of the deal becoming official, along with a photo taken in Downing Street

with arms wide open and in triumph.

The

premier

Boris Johnson has assured his cabinet and the

Tory

Eurosceptics that the sealed agreement with the EU "respects the sovereignty of both sides."

The conservative leader will make a special effort in the next few hours

to obtain the support of the 70 hard-wing deputies of

his party, gathered around the European Research Group (ERG), who have anticipated that they will examine the agreement with a magnifying glass before voting for favor its approval in the House of Commons.

In the midst of the countdown, the Johnson Government set in motion the propaganda machine

to sell the deal as a "victory" to the British

and his own party.

The

premier

planned to claim victory in 28 "battles" during the negotiation, up from 11 on the Brussels scoreboard, according to an internal document leaked by the conservative website Guido Fakes.

Altogether, the negotiating team led by David Frost claimed that 43% of the points had been tilted towards the British side, compared to 17% towards the EU side, with 40% of the cases in which it had been necessary a "compromise" on both sides.

The premature triumphalism in London contrasted with reports from Paris in which there was talk of

"enormous concessions" by the United Kingdom

in the final stretch, and in particular in the chapter on fishing.

The final struggle contributed to the skepticism of the ERG deputies, who could compromise the absolute majority of Boris Johnson at the time of the vote in Westminster, scheduled for before the end of the year.

Hence the

premier's

determination

not to sign at the first opportunity

and project that image of having fought even for "the last herring"

in the fishing agreement, the main stumbling block to the end.

Nigel Farage, former leader of Ukip and the Brexit Party, now head of the Reform Party, accused Johnson of "dropping the ball" in the last phase of the negotiation and of having accepted "an excessive alignment "with the EU.

"The Brexit war is over," Farage proclaimed.

"

But there is a fear that there are mines buried

in the text of the agreement that will inevitably be discovered."

A Downing Street spokesperson stated that

"everything that was promised to British citizens during the 2016 referendum is fulfilled in this agreement

." "We have regained control of our money, our borders, our laws, our trade and our fishing waters ", could be read in the official statement.

"The deal is based on 'zero tariffs' and is great for families and businesses in the UK."

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