Hello there, I'm Ed Butler and welcome to Business Daily from the BBC.

Coming up, the looming risk of a hard Brexit. What's that going to mean for Britain and the European

economy? No deal is the legal default and the only way to actually stop No Deal is to request an

extension to Article 50, revoke Article 50 or agree a deal to ensure that no deal doesn't take place.

But will anyone blink before we reach the Brexit cliff edge? Is Britain's PM really preparing for the worst?

I obviously don't claim to know what's going on inside Boris Johnson's head. It looks like we're heading for a no-deal Brexit, probably in the expectation that Parliament may well stop them,

and they can have a general election without actually having to go through the pain of no-deal first.

Taking it to the wire, Business Daily from the BBC.

Ever since Boris Johnson took the reins last month as Britain's latest Prime Minister,

he's been pursuing one consistent refrain.

The doomsters, the gloomsters, they are going to get it wrong again.

Because we're going to restore trust in our democracy.

And we're going to fulfil the repeated promises of Parliament to the people

and come out of the EU on October 31st. No ifs or buts. Yes, Boris insists that unlike his

predecessor, Theresa May, for him, Brexit really does mean Brexit. And if Brussels will not compromise

on the negotiated terms of Britain's

exit, then the UK is going to be leaving the EU with no deal, he says, despite all the economic

chaos that many think that will involve. Now, some are asking, is Mr Johnson really meaning all of

this? Or is he channeling a clever negotiating

strategy coined by another bygone leader? If we continue to show firmness and strength to the

communist world, Cruccef is a cold, hard, ruthless man. We must show him we are strong,

that we will not be coerced, that we will not

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