"It was a long and winding road but we have a good deal" says Ursula von der Leyen

Subscribe to the Evening Standard on YouTube:    / @thelondonstandard   Boris Johnson today declared "the deal is done" after striking a historic trade pact between the UK and EU. The £668 billion deal worth will mean zero tariffs and zero quotas, a UK source said, and would mean Britain has “taken back control of our money, borders, laws, trade and our fishing waters”. Four-and-a-half years after the 2016 Brexit referendum, agreement was reached just hours before Christmas Day. Mr Johnson tweeted a picture of himself smiling with both thumbs lifted in the air. "The deal is done,'' he wrote. At a Downing Street press conference, Mr Johnson said the deal will "protect jobs across this country" and has "taken back control of our laws and our destiny". Read more: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/br...