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Backlash against Rees Mogg
And here:
And now ministers joining in attacking Jacob Rees Mogg “insolence”
And this other FCO minister:
And this:
A pithy “shut up” from @NSoames to JRM
Who also tells Cabinet ministers to sign up to May’s customs plan or ship out of Cabinet on Friday:
And another minister - this time the Business minister who has been busy trying to negotiate preparedness for Nuclear Brexit:
It’s turning into the Day of the Long Jibes
Less of a surprise ... but we’re up to 8:
But what’s this? Foreign Secretary piles in with supportive tweet for Rees-Mogg:
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Interesting - maybe too late. Labour MPs astonished No 10 failed to consult with unions too. Also one told her directly that her talking up of No Deal as a viable option was making things difficult. Ie they need her to say publicly that No Deal is a disastrous non option...tricky
Labour sources briefing against: “We will look at any proposal that is put forward to improve T May’s bad deal.

“However, amendment would mean MPs supporting deal based on promises that are not legally binding. also doesn’t guarantee UK won’t fall behind on important rights”
“Protection of rights is also one element of this deal. The government has still refused to listen to Labour’s demands for a permanent customs union and a strong single market deal.” Says Labour source...
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Another ticking No Deal time bomb -Lords Grand committee supposed to take 4 hours to deal with 10 Brexit Statutory instruments - Got through just 3 on stem cells, embryology etc, all referred up to full House of Lords.

Hundreds more required to be passed to correct statute book
Some Govt sources suggesting there is a filibustering game going on here - Lords strenuously deny - todays committee included Lord Winston, Warner, Foulkes, Adonis etc, say it is scrutiny legislated for in Withdrawal Bill.

In any event, cant see how they get through all the SIs
Here’s the committee taking on the minister who was trying to get 10 SIs through today... parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/8a…
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Very good story about Brexit consultancy contracts from @AdamParsons1 and @TomBoadle

My understanding was BCG and Mckinseys ones were to work up rejected plans for New Customs Partnership and Max Fac to test them with very sceptical manufacturers (under gagging clauses ofc)...
Essentially, the Government paying many millions to external consultants to tell them it was going to take years to prepare customs etc, but also trying to square circle of its own red lines on Brexit with keeping frictionless trade.
Plenty of people were telling the Government, often under NDA, for free, that such plans were unworkable...
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It is a shame that those at the helm of affairs presently in Nigeria and constituted in the APC have no sense of governance.

When Lai Mohammed speaks, he speaks for the FG as the Minister of Information.

This diplomatic “shut up” by the US is a shame to the APC- Buhari Govt.
Lai never made the transition from opposition spokesperson to mouthpiece of the Govt - that’s why he’s still as reckless as he was in opposition.

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2. Brown Univ had recently dropped "need blind" admissions right before I attended. This meant that I, as a middle class son of small business owners in rural PA, was one of "the poor kids" at the school. I was quite privileged in my hometown, now I was the salt of the earth.
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A raging dour woman just got on the flight and gave me a bunch of attitude about the bin over her seat being full, like it belonged to her. Like she purchased it for her personal use. And she’s mad her bags can’t be directly over her sourpuss or a noggin.
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