Claim: Theresa May should drop her deal, extend the implementation period to the end of 2021 if necessary; use it to negotiate a free trade deal; pay the fee; but come out of the EU now—without the backstop.
Fact-check: You can't have an "implementation period" after Brexit without a deal - Full Fact
Verdict: the implementation period is part of mrs may's deal—in order to leave the eu imminently and still have an implementation period the uk would need to pass that deal.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Joël Reland
Date published: 2019-03-26T00:00:00