Watch Live Brexit deal done: Parliament recalled for MPs to vote on 30 December All the reaction and fallout as it happened on the day the UK and EU agreed a Brexit trade deal. * Brexit * European Union * LIVE -- Key points: * Agreement reached on post-Brexit trade deal * Boris Johnson phones Tory MPs to brief them on the contents and tweets jubilant picture with double thumbs-up -- That's it for our live coverage of a Christmas Eve that will go down in history as the day the UK and EU agreed a Brexit trade deal. Merry Christmas. -- Nissan had warned that the future of its plant in Sunderland could be under threat if there was a no-deal Brexit. 18:06 -- 17:34 Last months of Brexit talks were 'difficult and often tense', says French foreign minister -- Scottish independence. In a country that voted 62% to stay in the EU, Brexit has flipped opinion polls in favour of breaking away from the UK. -- elections next May. Whilst much will depend on how the detail of Brexit goes down and its reality, the SNP clearly see it as a constitutional crowbar. -- economic and social infrastructure. Brexit changes all that. 17:23 -- the agreement? Business leaders have been reacting to news of a post-Brexit agreement after months of uncertainty. -- 17:19 Labour leader asked what benefits of Brexit are Asked by Sky's Sam Coates what he thinks the benefits of Brexit are, Sir Keir Starmer says: "We've left the EU and therefore we have to make a future outside the EU. -- He says he does not agree with those who have been calling for the party to abstain in a Brexit deal vote. "It is just not credible" for the party to "be on the sidelines", Sir -- Labour leader: Deal is 'thin agreement' Sir Keir Starmer says it a Brexit deal is "in the national interest" and the fact that the government was considering no-deal was "grossly irresponsible". -- Analysis: Few experts believe UK will be a 'science superpower' after Brexit - but they will cautiously welcome the deal By Rowland Manthorpe, technology correspondent One huge yet generally overlooked consequence of Brexit was that it ended the legal basis for moving personal data between the UK and the European Union. -- The prime minister said the UK could become a "science superpower" after Brexit. While they may feel relieved today, few scientists and technologists -- In recent weeks, Boris Johnson has taken the country on a rollercoaster over Brexit: there was hope, followed by his irritation, steadfastness, stubbornness then culminating in what he wants to present as a Christmas Eve negotiating coup. -- Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has released a statement following news of a deal, after she earlier tweeted that "there is no deal that will ever make up for what Brexit takes away from us". "It beggars belief that in the midst of a pandemic and economic -- hour, the UK government has decided to abandon the idea of a no-deal outcome, it should not distract from the fact that they have chosen a hard Brexit, stripping away so many of the benefits of EU membership. "And while we do not yet have full details on the nature of the deal, -- She continued that the views of Scottish people had been "ignored" and the deal was a "far harder Brexit than could have been imagined when the EU referendum took place". -- But secondly the EU now wants to reset its relationship with the UK. I wouldn’t say that Brexit has caused animosity towards the British, but it has certainly strained trust. Now comes the process of rebuilding. -- Having campaigned for the UK to leave the EU for 30 years, Nigel Farage was at the forefront of the Brexit referendum and is leader of the Brexit Party. In an interview with Sky News he said the deal is "not perfect" and he -- By David Blevins, Ireland correspondent Having been front and centre of the Brexit negotiations for much of the last four years, Northern Ireland could be the biggest winner from this trade deal.