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What the papers say: The verdict on the Brexit transition deal

It wouldn’t be Brexit if everyone was happy, so it is no surprise that not everyone is pleased with the latest developments in negotiations. Britain’s Brexit transition deal has been called a betrayal, while Jacob Rees-Mogg said the government had given away too much in a ‘very unsatisfactory’ agreement.

But the Sun says it won’t join in those criticising the deal. After all, the paper points out, ‘no one gets everything they want from a negotiation’. Of course, it is right to ‘sympathise’ with Scottish fisherman who will be disappointed that the EU will, for now, continue to set fishing quotas. Yet it is clear that ‘the agreement could not be struck without giving way’ on this issue. What’s more, when Britain does finally leave the EU for good, fisherman must get what they want; ‘We doubt the Government will survive bartering away our fishing rights for a trade deal,’ the Sun says.

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