British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said he would be prepared to take the United Kingdom out of the European Union without a deal if there was no alternative. Hunt however added he would do so only with a “heavy heart.”

“In the end, if the only way to leave the European Union, to deliver on the result of the referendum, was to leave without a deal, then I would do that,” he told BBC Radio. “But I would do so very much as a last resort, with a heavy heart because of the risks to businesses and the risks to the union.

“I would be prepared to do it in extremis but I wouldn’t do it if there was a prospect of a better deal and I think there is a prospect of a better deal and I think it’s possible to get one before October 31, although I don’t pretend it’s going to be easy.”