THREAD on the transcript of the @CommonsEUexit evidence session with @MichelBarnier because it is REALLY, REALLY worth reading. I'll not go into the did he/didn't he stuff about Chequers being dead because that has been a total waste of everyone's time. (1)
I starts of pretty awkwardly with the Chair @hilarybennmp telling MB to be concise. I would not have recommended saying that to him... (2) 
Confirmation that the intensified talks have made some progress and the draft Withdrawal Agreement is now 80%+ complete (3)
As far as @MichelBarnier is concerned, the negotiations over the future relationship haven't even started because they've been talking about the declaration of the shape of the future relationship. (4)
A rare on the record appearance from @WeyandSabine who shuns the limelight. Here she gives some really clear examples about why the EU thinks the way it does on the Irish border (5)
Here @MichelBarnier gives what I think is his most clearest explanation yet about what he means by "dedramatizing" the debate about the Irish backstop (6)
Looks like MB is open to the UK's push for a linkage between the Withdrawal Agreement and the future relationship declaration which will make the WA more palatable to Parliament (7)
And finally here's @WeyandSabine saying "bring it on" to economic competition between the UK and the EU after Brexit but the more divergence, the less British access to the single market. (8)
And that's all from me. Definitely worth reading the whole thing if you've got time. And the 900th reminder that it's always worth looking at the original document, not the hearsay. (9)
