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Barnier kicks off his press conference with Raab by saying the EU "cannot and will not" outsource its customs collection competencies to a third country
Raab resurrects David Davis' insistence that any backstop must be time-limited, which the EU has previously rejected
Raab sticks to his claim that the Brexit bill is conditional on a future trade deal.

Barnier doesn't seem to agree: "But what is perfectly clear to the EU27 and to EP, is that what's agreed in December and March has been agreed for good"
Chequers confirmed dead. EU wants UK in customs union in everything but name (and believes it will end up there). Time running out. May knows a CU would go a long way to solving Irish border but would almost certainly bring her down. What next?
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For those of you who enjoyed today’s poll, I’m led to believe that another is coming this weekend. A huge one, 25,000 sample size. On Brexit.
Expect to see a massive opinion poll on Brexit in one of the Sunday papers. "It's one you're going to want to look out for," I've been told.
New YouGov poll of 25,000 people: Labour would suffer a worse election defeat than it did under Michael Foot if it enables Brexit. Labour support would plummet to 26% if Jeremy Corbyn tells his MPs to back Theresa May’s Brexit deal, the poll says.
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Discussed Brexit/no deal with half a dozen pharmaceutical/medical industry leaders this morning. Here are some concerns/causes for panic they raised...
1) Capacity: warehouses can stockpile *some* goods but others have short shelf lives; need personalised conditions, temperature control. Currently "there isn’t capacity in the system” to deliver such a big, complex array of stockpiling methods, life sciences industry leader said
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I'm going to hate this. But I'm angry and motivated. And David Davis's Bolton speech deserves to be unpicked.
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Davis says we have treated the EU with respect.
Here's Nigel Farage, Davis's warm-up man on the Bolton podium, showing the EU his ‘respect’.

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Boris Johnson, showing his respect for the European Union, thinks "to go whistle" is an entirely appropriate expression.
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001/ [article content in this tweet series 001-180 reproduced with permission from Martin Howe QC of Lawyers for Britain @lawyers4britain]
#quote "Leaving the EU on WTO terms: pulling down the barriers to world trade
Introduction: why prices will FALL after Brexit, not rise" /002
002/ #quote "Over the past couple of weeks, the media have been full of lurid scare stories about what will happen if the UK leaves the EU on WTO terms, because negotiations with the EU do not result in a withdrawal agreement." /003
#tariffs #NoDeal #Brexit #WTO #ProjectFear #shortages #food #medicines
003/ #quote "One of the most ridiculous and UNJUSTIFIED of these absurd scare stories is that it will lead to higher prices, and even shortages, of foods and medicines." /004
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As we are back in campaigning mode with #Leave on the back foot, what is the most important thing we have learned since #EURef2016 that means we should #StopBrexit?
- That #Brexit will leave us worse off in every scenario?
- That the Referendum was advisory, not an ‘instruction’ to the Government?
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An EU source tells me that today's #Barnier #Brexit op-ed does not signal any shift in the EU position or offer anything new to the UK. They said reflects what has been said on previous occasions by Mr Barnier and that he had "nothing concrete in mind".
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EU source re. #Brexit #Barnier "We're saying we aren't intransigent, we're willing to listen, we'll consider innovative solutions w. in the clear legal limits. But if [UK] is not flexible...there's no room for flexibility".
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1. Here’s a thread for British businesses that deal with the EU

As the UK heads into trade talks with the EU next week, we’d like to share our experiences of being the subject of negotiations so that you know what to expect.
2. As far back as 2015, we were told not to worry, nothing bad would happen to us:
telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopic…
3. Chair of Vote Leave, Gisela Stuart told us everything would be fine and she should know.

Right?

WRONG
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A thread about Starmer's 'Six Tests', trust and what happens in the event of Labour successfully voting down the Withdrawal Bill this autumn. 👇
Firstly, it's important to be clear at the outset: like jumping off a cliff ensures you hit the ground, barring some kind of unforeseen miracle, Brexit is going to occur at the end of March 2019.

If the Withdrawal Bill is rejected this autumn, Brexit is still the default end.
Now let's talk about the tests themselves. Here they are in all their simplistic glory:
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