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Economic Impact

Irish Independent BDOs Mr Murphy fears this understandable degree of caution could have longerterm consequences. Businesses have been stockpiling in fear of a hard border so that if their customers need goods quickly theyll have them. I can understand why they are doing this but it is distorting some of the numbers. If theres not a cataclysmic Brexit and I dont think there will be all those goods will have to be traded through. All of a sudden there will be a glut which will affect prices. All the indications suggest there wont be a hard border even if its a crash out and no deal and there wont be any checks. So while stockpiling may be a prudent thing to do it could cause a sting in the tail. http://www.irishnews.com/business/2019/04/11/news/brexit-stockpiling-will-have-sting-in-the-tail-for-economy---claim-1595024/ 11th Apr 2019

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Bloomberg L.P. The International Monetary Fund has produced another gloomy analysis of the dangers posed by a nodeal Brexit as the U.K. continues its attempts to avoid crashing out without an agreement at the end of this week. If Britain leaves without a deal this quarter gross domestic product could be 1.4 percent lower in the first year when compared with a basecase scenario where an agreement is secured the IMF said Tuesday. The hit rises to 3.5 percent by 2021 based on the gap between the scenario and current trend growth. A more chaotic exit with heightened border disruptions and a greater tightening of financial conditions could have a more severe impact the study found. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-04-09/imf-issues-yet-another-warning-as-u-k-s-brexit-battle-continues 10th Apr 2019

Administrative Fall Out

Politics Home Foreign nationals who have lived in the UK for years are being driven to despair by a government scheme aimed at guaranteeing their rights after Brexit. The Settled Status Advice Service a campaign group which was set up to help applicants with the process said technical issues with the online application system had been a major issue for EU nationals. Some have been unable to get their email addresses verified while others have faced blank web pages at different parts of the online application process with no clear route forward. https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/home-affairs/immigration/news/103156/excl-foreign-nationals-seeking-settled-status-uk-after 10th Apr 2019

Administrative Fall Out

The Independent Medicines vital for managing epilepsy cancer and lifethreatening asthma attacks are among a record number of products which are currently facing shortages made worse by Brexit uncertainty. The number of drugs which the government is having to subsidise through the concession pricing list for short supply medicines has more than doubled since October. Britains impending exit from the European Union EU coupled with manufacturers views of the country as a less attractive market had caused the significant problems according to the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee PSNC which draws up the list. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/brexit-drug-shortages-no-deal-epilepsy-cancer-psychosis-a8862106.html 10th Apr 2019

Administrative Fall Out

The Guardian More than 400000 European nationals have applied to secure their stay in the UK after Brexit the Home Office has disclosed. The number of applications received by the EU settlement scheme has increased by about 200000 since it went live at the end of last month. More than 230000 people applied during test phases before the full launch on 30 March. The Home Office also announced that 57 organisations would receive funding to help vulnerable applicants. Up to 9m has been set aside to ensure support is available to an estimated 200000 individuals who may be marginalised or need extra help submitting their application. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/apr/10/more-than-400000-eu-nationals-apply-to-stay-in-uk-after-brexit 10th Apr 2019

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The Guardian It is disheartening that many doctors are feeling less welcome writes Dr Chaand Nagpaul. Plus David Jost says Peterborough lost a very fine GP after the referendum https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/apr/09/loss-of-eu-doctors-is-a-disaster-for-the-nhs 9th Apr 2019

Political Shenanigans

The Scotsman More than half of the public would like the Governments final Brexit deal to be put to a referendum according to a new poll. The Kantar poll of 1172 people found that 51 of Britons would like a referendum to be held on the deal once negotiations between the Government and the EU have come to an end. https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/brexit-over-half-of-uk-voters-want-second-referendum-1-4905005 11th Apr 2019

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Reuters UK European Council President Donald Tusk told Britain on Thursday not to waste the extra time to sort out Brexit after the EU agreed a second delay to Londons departure until Oct.31. He said Britain still had all the options on Brexit available during the extension from approving the stalled divorce deal to changing its leave strategy to cancelling the departure altogether. EU leaders would review the situation at their regular summit in June. June is not a cliffedge or a moment to take new decisions it must be clear Tusk said. June is not for decisions about extension. My intension is even not to discuss but only to inform member states about the situation. https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-eu-summit-tusk/eus-tusk-tells-uk-dont-waste-brexit-overtime-idUKKCN1RN01A 11th Apr 2019

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BBC The UK and the EU have agreed a flexible extension of Brexit until 31 October European Council president Donald Tusk has said. Speaking after five hours of talks at an EU summit in Brussels Mr Tusk said his message to British friends was please do not waste this time. Theresa May said the UK would still aim to leave the EU as soon as possible. Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said the UK must now hold European elections in May or leave on 1 June without a deal. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-47889404 11th Apr 2019

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The Independent Britain should have a say in any future customs union it joined with the European Union after Brexit Irelands prime minister has said. Leo Varadkars intervention comes amid talks between Labour and the government over whether the UK should have such a trade arrangement after Brexit. Mr Varadkar said the UK would not be a silent partner in a customs union and that it was in the interests of both the EU and UK to sign a deal. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-britain-customs-union-irish-pm-leo-varadkar-trade-deals-a8864016.html 11th Apr 2019

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Associated Press British Prime Minister Theresa May says the European Union has granted her key request to add an early exit clause to its agreement to a sixmonth Brexit extension. The U.K. and the EU agreed early Thursday to delay Brexit until Oct. 31 but May says she wants to leave as soon as possible. She says that if U.K. lawmakers back her Brexit deal her country can still leave before June 30 the Brexit deadline that she had requested from the bloc. May says Britain faces stark choices and the timetable is clear. https://apnews.com/644546c372e340a4a11196b3c7314da3?utm_medium=AP&amputm_source=Twitter&amputm_campaign=SocialFlow 11th Apr 2019

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The Guardian France is expected to demand the removal of the post of British European commissioner as a price for a long Brexit delay leaving Britain without a seat at the top table of Brussels decisionmaking for the first time since 1973. Senior EU sources say the French president Emmanuel Macron is likely to seek to entrench the UKs reduced status in the EU at the leaders Brexit summit on Wednesday evening. The British government will have to agree to losing its commissioner but it is unlikely the prime minister will put up a fight when she is presented with the terms of an extension. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/apr/10/uk-set-to-lose-european-commissioner-role-over-brexit-delay 10th Apr 2019

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The Guardian Theresa May has signalled that she would accept the EUs likely offer of a lengthy Brexit delay at a summit of leaders as the UK would still be able to leave when the withdrawal agreement is approved. Arriving in Brussels the prime minister said it would still possible for Britain to quit by 22 May if the Commons chose to approve her Brexit deal in the coming weeks. May is expected to have her request for a limited extension to 30 June rejected by the EU27 in favour of a longer potential delay to Brexit of up to a year. The EU is split 5050 on whether to offer an extension to the end of the year or 31 March 2020. The prime minister has previously said that she could not countenance the UK remaining an EU member state after 30 June and had wanted to keep pressure on MPs to back her deal by creating another cliffedge date. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/apr/10/may-signals-she-would-accept-eu-offer-of-longer-brexit-delay 10th Apr 2019

Political Shenanigans

Politics.co.uk A lot of my colleagues want to stop Brexit Labour MP Lisa Nandy told Sophie Ridge yesterday. They dont say that they want to stop Brexit. They say they want a second referendum. Its a legitimate if a bit tired argument that deserves no more elaborate an answer than well duh. And yet it is trotted out practically every time any journalist interviews a supporter of a Peoples Vote as if it were some huge revelation. The reverse point however is almost never made but it has even more profound democratic implications. http://www.politics.co.uk/comment-analysis/2019/04/10/brexiters-oppose-a-second-referendum-for-one-simple-reason-t 10th Apr 2019

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The Telegraph Before you start dusting off the stocks and gathering your rotten fruit let me assure you that I am not looking for sympathy. Its a privilege to be an MP. But it does feel as if we are under siege. One colleague has been murdered another has faced a plot to murder her dozens of women have had every kind of bloodcurdling threat hurled at them in the streets or on socalled social media. Angry activists talk of treason betrayal and treachery and our inboxes are full of emails with too many capital letters. Just this weekend one MP had his house daubed another had a violent attack at his constituency surgery a third had her office windows smashed and two other women MPs had to call the police https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/04/10/bloodied-bruised-mps-genuinely-trying-do-best/ 10th Apr 2019

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The Times Theresa May today acknowledged that European leaders would reject her pleas for a short Brexit extension to keep pressure on MPs to approve her deal. Arriving at a special European summit in Brussels the prime minister said that even though she had asked for a limited extension until June 30 most important was that the UK could leave as soon as the withdrawal agreement was ratified. EU leaders are expected to offer the prime minister an extension until December or even March next year. Under Article 50 it would end as soon as a Brexit deal was concluded. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/may-prepares-to-plead-for-short-brexit-delay-kcdv2jr3t 10th Apr 2019

Political Shenanigans

The Independent Theresa May is set to enrage her critics within the Conservative party after setting herself up to stay on as prime minister until 2020 while presiding over a long delay to Brexit. She told MPs just weeks ago that she was not prepared to delay Brexit any further than 30 June as prime minister and said she would resign once this stage of talks was complete prompting her rivals to gear up for a summer leadership contest. But as EU leaders met on Wednesday night to decide on another Article 50 extension that could run until at least the end of the year a Conservative source said the prime ministers promised departure was tied to passing the withdrawal agreement rather than a specific date. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/may-brexit-extension-delay-prime-minister-resign-2020-a8864286.html 10th Apr 2019

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New Statesman Labour are on course for a blowout victory in the coming European elections at least if the first poll of the contest by Hanbury Strategy for the think tank Open Europe. However many polls struggle to reach voters from certain groups smart phone usage may be high among the Labour voting young but much lower across the over 50s or 60s as an example. So dont be too quick to put any weight on this intial poll and wait for more work to appear https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/elections/2019/04/are-labour-really-heading-landslide-win-european-elections 10th Apr 2019

Political Shenanigans

Financial Times The idea of a Boris lock is ridiculous said a senior Conservative MP. Parliament cant bind its successors no matter what the prime minister might agree with Labour or the EU.Labour remains agitated about Mr Johnson as Westminster is absorbed by speculation that Mrs Mays last days as prime minister are approaching. Although Mrs May has said she would only resign once her Brexit deal is passed by parliament most Conservative MPs believe she will leave office in the autumn. Others believe she will have been pushed out by the summer Mr Johnson is the favoured candidate of the partys grassroots according to surveys by the ConservativeHome website. He is also the favourite in the betting markets followed by former Brexit secretary Dominic Raab and environment secretary Michael Gove. All three are strong Brexit proponents and Mr Johnson and Mr Raab are fierce critics of Mrs Mays exit deal with the EU although they voted for it in the House of Commons at the third time of asking. Hence Labours fear that without strong guarantees any deal with Mrs May might fail to last out the year. https://www.ft.com/content/683d5212-5ad3-11e9-9dde-7aedca0a081a?shareType=nongift 10th Apr 2019

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Daily Mirror In the 1022 days since 17.4million people voted for Brexit some wonderful things have happened. Most of the country now understands the Good Friday Agreement knows how the single market works and has figured out that Boris Johnson is about as poisonous emissionswise as a rocket made of bratwurst and powered by some posh throbber hanging out of the window and shouting BLAAAAAH at passersby. This newlydiscovered knowledge is of benefit to the nation but there is a price to pay. Weve also got political chaos the Far Right and some sadist on a TV news desk has deemed it necessary for us to have a daily dose of that strutting knuckle Mark Francois. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/theresa-going-revoke-article-50-14274761 10th Apr 2019

Political Shenanigans

Politics Home Theresa May hopes to get her deal through ahead of 23 May so that Britain does not have to take part however it appears increasingly likely that the UK will need to send MEPs to Brussels as part of an agreed extension with the bloc. A poll for Open Europe found that fewer than one in four voters 23 would opt for the Tories while Jeremy Corbyns party would rake in 38 of the vote. https://www.politicshome.com/news/europe/eu-policy-agenda/brexit/news/103148/blow-theresa-may-poll-shows-tories-face-european 10th Apr 2019

Political Shenanigans

The Guardian The official starting gun has been fired on a set of UK European elections that are distinct in two particular ways first they might never happen and second if they do the smaller parties are looking forward to them more than the main ones. On Monday a day of poll order was laid in parliament putting in place the legal groundwork for voting on 23 May something that will not happen if Theresa May secures a Brexit deal in the interim. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/apr/09/labour-and-tories-reluctantly-prepare-for-european-elections?CMP=share_btn_tw 10th Apr 2019

Political Shenanigans

ITV News The UK has been granted an extension to Article 50 with reports suggesting that it could be until Halloween with a review in June. Theresa May is yet to agree to the offer and will meet with European Council President Donald Tusk in the early hours of Thursday morning. Late on Wednesday night following a summit with EU leaders which lasted for more than six hours Mr Tusk confirmed an extension had been agreed on tweeting that the EU27 has agreed an extension of Article 50 and that he will now meet Theresa May to get the UK Governments agreement to these plans. https://www.itv.com/news/2019-04-10/brexit-delay-article-50-eu-european-union-summit-brussels-theresa-may/ 10th Apr 2019

Political Shenanigans

The Independent A strong result for Labour in the European parliament elections could be enough to hand the European Commission presidency back to the continents centreleft according to the latest polls. The race to replace JeanClaude Juncker as commission president is in practice a contest between the centreright European Peoples Party EPP which has dominated the parliament since 1999 and the centreleft socialist group. Under the EUs socalled Spitzenkandidat system the lead candidate for the group that comes top in the elections becomes the commission president as long as member states approve. With the latest polling showing a Labour landslide in the UK Britains 73 MEPs could be enough to tip the balance of power in Brussels and clinch victory for the socialists shifting the priorities of the whole EU leftwards. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/labour-meps-eu-elections-europe-socialists-commission-a8863191.html 10th Apr 2019

Political Shenanigans

The Guardian Theresa May will attempt to cling to power during the Brexit delay as Conservative sources said she was sticking by her pledge to see through the first phase of talks and pass a withdrawal deal. As EU leaders gathered to discuss an extension to article 50 of about nine months May dropped her promise not to allow a delay to Brexit beyond 30 June while she was prime minister. However she is abiding by her decision to step down only once a Brexit deal with the EU has been passed by parliament meaning she looks likely to stay on and keep trying to push through a withdrawal agreement for as long as it takes. Arriving at the talks May signalled she would accept a much longer delay from EU leaders expected to be nine to 12 months as long as there was a break clause allowing the UK to leave as soon as MPs approve a deal with a meaningful vote. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/apr/10/theresa-may-stands-by-pledge-to-cling-on-until-brexit-deal-is-done?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Copy_to_clipboard 10th Apr 2019

Political Shenanigans

Huffington Post Theresa May has agreed to delay Brexit until Halloween to avoid Britain crashing out of the EU with no deal on Friday. During an historic six hour summit in Brussels the other 27 EU leaders thrashed out the length and terms of a socalled flextension which will come to an end on October 31 over four hours with the prime minister locked out of the room. May had been asking for a short delay until June 30 to avoid a nodeal Brexit on the previously agreed cliff edge April 12 previously suggesting she could resign if Article 50 was extended any longer. But she accepted the sixmonth postponement after stressing that her main goal was ensuring the UK could get out of the EU early if she could find a way to break the Westminster impasse and pass a Brexit deal in parliament. https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/brexit-delayed-until-xxx-but-uk-can-leave-earlier-if-it-can-agree-exit-deal_uk_5cae39a2e4b03ab9f24fbea0?ncid=other_twitter_cooo9wqtham&amputm_campaign=share_twitter 10th Apr 2019

Political Shenanigans

The Guardian Brexit delay will force the UK to confront the fact that its future is intertwined with the European project https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/apr/10/the-guardian-view-on-britain-in-europe-an-inevitable-partnership 10th Apr 2019

Political Shenanigans

The Guardian Leading Brexiter voice Peter Oborne has done a Uturn showing that even lockedin beliefs have a tipping point https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/apr/09/change-mind-brexit-peter-oborne-beliefs 9th Apr 2019

Political Setbacks

The Sun The new Brexit postponement is the final confirmation of Theresa Mays failure. She must now accept the game is up. She has done her best. But she had one job and has not delivered on it. Nor can she. She has no workable plan to do so. There is no deal the Prime Minister and Corbyn could cook up that would secure a majority leaving Labour MPs willing to quit https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/8837483/brexit-delays-confirms-theresa-may-failure/ 11th Apr 2019

Political Setbacks

The Independent A long extension is very much likely to yield unto them a British prime minister from the deranged wing of the Conservative Party or Jeremy Corbyn who has expanded the deranged wing of the Labour Party so as to take it over entirely. And if you think Theresa May and co have done an abysmal job negotiating Brexit just wait till those legends have a go the ones with their semicustoms union that isnt a customs union but does give the UK a say over the actual customs union that theyre not even in. https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/theresa-may-brexit-latest-black-hole-article-50-extension-brussels-michel-barnier-emmanuel-macron-a8864186.html 11th Apr 2019

Political Setbacks

The Guardian Wednesday nights humiliation when 27 other nations decided our fate a taster of Norwayplus or common market 2.0 where decisions are made about the UK without our presence exposes the lies of the Brexiters and the impossibility of a strong and stable position outside the EU. History will recall that Britons did not value their power in Europe until they lost it. Theresa May too was humiliated once again but it does not cut deeply since she appears to feels no shame. She remains convinced she was and is right that blame is to be found with her detractors and not with her deal or leadership. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/commentisfree/2019/apr/11/the-eus-new-october-extension-finishes-off-may-and-her-deal 11th Apr 2019

Political Setbacks

Bloomberg The compromise that was ultimately reached for an October cutoff means the U.K. would leave before the next EU Commission takes office and limit Londons entanglement in the next phase of EU business. Macron claimed that as a win. But to get there he exposed the tensions between the 27 countries negotiating with Britain for the first time in the talks. All he got for it was a reduction of a few months in the deadline. And Britain could still get another extension after October. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-04-11/macron-gets-on-everyone-s-nerves-with-brexit-hard-man-act 11th Apr 2019

Political Setbacks

Sky News Theresa May has agreed a delay to Brexit until Halloween after EU leaders offered another extension to Article 50 at a latenight Brussels summit. In the early hours of the morning leaders of the remaining 27 EU member states decided to give the prime minister an extra sixandahalfmonth period in which to break the Brexit deadlock at Westminster. European Council President Donald Tusk warned the UK Please do not waste this time. https://news.sky.com/story/theresa-may-admits-huge-frustration-as-she-agrees-halloween-brexit-delay-11690251 11th Apr 2019

Political Setbacks

The Times Jeremy Corbyns MPs are not so optimistic about the idea of new binding votes. They fear that the bulk of Tory MPs rather than coming off the fence to support softer Brexit options will oppose them all again in an attempt to ensure that Mrs Mays deal is closer to a majority than any other option. At that point the pressure would become more intense than ever on Labour MPs and Tory holdouts to take her deal over the line. Or to put it another way neither the crossparty talks nor another indicative votes process looks likely to succeed. Which means the Brexit stalemate is likely to endure despite the EUs extension. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/few-incentives-for-tories-or-labour-to-break-brexit-stalemate-h3b7hq85k 11th Apr 2019

Political Setbacks

The Independent Andrew Lilico has been one of Brexits most bizarre and outspoken commentators. He was dragged from obscurity by a Leave campaign scrambling for supporters who could offer some kind of counter argument to the legions of economists warning of Brexits dangers. His latest intervention was to brand the monarchy no longer fit for purpose in an extraordinary tweet reacting to the passing of the Bill. He was backed up by Suzanne Evans the former Ukip leadership candidate who described his comment as spot on. What makes these quasiRepublican conversions so astonishing is that Brexit was supposed to strengthen the role of parliament in British law and policymaking. So in some senses not only has Her Majesty done nothing wrong in passing legislation approved by parliament she has in fact stood firmly behind the most central principle in the unwritten British constitution namely that parliament is sovereign. https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/brexit-no-deal-queen-monarchy-ukip-andrew-lilico-republican-a8862931.html 10th Apr 2019

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Mirror Online Campaigners last night demanded MPs who pocketed vast sums after flogging their taxpayersubsidised homes pay back the cash. On the 10th anniversary of the Westminster expenses scandal that shocked Britain the Mirror can reveal 160 politicians raked in more than 42million in profits selling properties public money helped fund. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/outrage-more-160-mps-make-14272357 10th Apr 2019

Political Setbacks

iNews Iain Duncan Smith said puffed up politicians are trying to deny people Brexit Sky News Adam Boulton asked him if his entire professional life as a politician has been a waste of time as a result https://inews.co.uk/news/uk/iain-duncan-smith-brexit-tory-mp-sky-news-interview-video/ 10th Apr 2019

Political Setbacks

The New European A Home Office minister appeared to agree with a suggestion for her department to produce peeloff European Union stickers for those who still want it on their passport. The mocking suggestion was sugegested by a Brexiteer in the House of Lords as ministers were challenged over the issuing of the travel documents without the words on the front cover despite the Brexit delay. https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/top-stories/home-office-minister-supports-sticker-suggestion-to-solve-passport-issue-1-5989715 10th Apr 2019

Political Setbacks

The Guardian Conservative MPs have said they are now unhappily resigned to a long extension to the date for leaving the EU. Many in the Tory party now believe May is likely to be forced out if she agrees deal with Labour https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/apr/10/tories-resigned-to-long-brexit-delay-but-warn-against-customs-union 10th Apr 2019

Political Setbacks

The Telegraph Tory MPs are plotting to oust Theresa May by changing a party rule which states that a Prime Minister cannot be kicked out within 12 months of winning a no confidence vote. With the Tories plunged into civil war following Mrs Mays attempted customs union compromise with Jeremy Corbyn a number of unnamed MPs have called on their association chairmen to gather signatures to push through the rule change under schedule 9 of the Conservative Party Constitution. It states that party rules can be changed with a petition signed by 10000 Tory members. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/04/10/new-bid-oust-theresa-may-mps-attempt-gather-10000-signatures/ 10th Apr 2019

Political Setbacks

The Telegraph So now the begging. Theresa May has gone off to Brussels to say that Britain is very sorry we know we have many faults and the EU has been quite right to be strict with us but could we please stay Well be good honest we will Youll see Apparently the French are sceptical and Emmanuel Macron is to tell us that well only be allowed to stay if we promise to be a good little country sitting still and being quiet not making any fuss about the EUs Budget or any other plans. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/04/10/grovelling-britain-has-officially-surrendered-triumphant-eu/ 10th Apr 2019

Political Setbacks

lbc.co.uk Brexiteer presenter Nick Ferrari confessed he had given up on Brexit admitting that hes had enough and wants the country to move on. Theresa May is facing the prospect of being offered a Brexit delay of up to a year at an emergency EU summit in Brussels. The prime minister has been pushing for a delay to the end of June with the possibility of Britain leaving at an earlier date if her Brexit deal is approved. But her hopes look set to be dashed having already been granted one short extension to the process. In a letter to the remaining 27 EU member states European Council President Donald Tusk said that the European Council should discuss a longer extension such as a flexible extension lasting as long as necessary and no longer than one year https://www.lbc.co.uk/radio/presenters/nick-ferrari/exasperated-reveals-hes-finally-given-up-brexit/ 10th Apr 2019

Political Setbacks

Politics Home A Labour spokesman painted a gloomier picture of how the talks are going. He said Jeremy Corbyn made clear that we would enter into those talks in a serious way without setting limits and to explore the possibilities of coming to find an alternative plan that could win support in Parliament be negotiated with the EU and bring the country together. Thats the way weve approached the talks. They are being conducted in a serious detailed and engaged way. But at the same time as Jeremy Becky Long Bailey and Keir Starmer have all said at different points weve yet to see clear evidence of the kind of real change and compromise that would be necessary to reach an agreement. The Government side has been engaged in the detail explaining its position and how it sees its own deal which has been rejected three times in Parliament. But there really is going to need to be a move off their red lines in a substantive way if were going to reach an agreement. The spokesman added Were not walking off the talks but this process obviously has to move forward. https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/political-parties/labour-party/news/103175/labour-warns-brexit-talks-government-will-fail 10th Apr 2019

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@ByDonkeys Were in Brussels reminding Europes leaders of the donkeys responsible for this Brexit shambles. SOUND ON. Location European Parliament Liaison Office https://twitter.com/ByDonkeys/status/1115997289187815426 10th Apr 2019

Political Setbacks

The Telegraph Emmanuel Macron will warn Theresa May that Britain will never have a say over trade negotiations if it joins a customs union with the EU at tonights summit in Brussels in a blow to the prime ministers hopes of securing a crossparty Brexit compromise. Mr Macron will insist that whatever the result of crossparty talks on the future UKEU relationship the autonomy of EU decisionmaking must be protected including on trade. Whatever compromise is found Mr Macron will warn it must respect the EUs longheld Brexit red lines and will not allow any cherrypicking. An EU diplomat said If Britain relaxes its Brexit red lines we can help but we are not changing any of our red lines. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/04/10/macron-warn-may-britain-will-have-no-say-eu-trade-policy-brexit/?WT.mc_id=tmg_share_tw 10th Apr 2019

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Belfast Telegraph DUP leader Arlene Foster has accused the Prime Minister of demeaning the strength of this great nation in her weak approach to the Brexit talks. Mrs Foster said the decision to leave the EU was not the problem but rather Theresa Mays hamfisted approach to the talks and accused the Prime Minister of trying to force people into backing her Brexit deal. https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/pms-weak-brexit-approach-demeans-this-great-nation-says-arlene-foster-38003313.html 10th Apr 2019

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Politics Home Talks aimed at reaching a Brexit deal between the Government and opposition are doomed to fail unless Theresa May ditches her red lines Labour has warned. https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/political-parties/labour-party/news/103175/labour-warns-brexit-talks-government-will-fail 10th Apr 2019

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The Sun Cabinet Brexiteer bigwigs last night led a fresh Tory revolt on Theresa Mays plan to seek another delay to leaving the EU. Andrea Leadsom and Liam Fox were two of 177 Tory MPs who failed to support a June 30 extension which the PM is begging other EU leaders for today. Some 97 Tories voted against the motion to seek a delay in a move forced on the Government by Labours Yvette Cooper. That included exTory leader Iain Duncan Smith exDWP boss Esther McVey and former Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab. And a further 80 abstained including Attorney General Geoffrey Cox despite being whipped by party chiefs to support it. One member of the Government told The Sun I told the whips I just couldnt vote for a delay even if that got me sacked they turned a blind eye. And dozens are thought to be away from Westminster on holiday despite Easter recess being cancelled. But it meant just 131 Tories actually backed the PMs formal request https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/brexit/8830619/brexiteer-big-beasts-lead-tory-revolt-as-100-of-mays-own-mps-fail-to-back-another-brexit-delay/ 10th Apr 2019

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Daily Mail An archEurosceptic today warned the EU he will launch a legal challenge in Britain if they delay Brexit for up to a year tonight. Tory MP Sir Bill Cash says he believes it will be illegal for the UK to be kept in the bloc beyond Friday and will go to court if Theresa May accepts any Article 50 extension. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6906843/Brexiteer-claims-ILLEGAL-UK-stay-EU-Friday.html 10th Apr 2019