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Nicky Morgan, IDS & Owen Paterson warn PM that backstop is a 'monumental' issue that cannot be resolved with 'few cursory tweaks'

They say the PM appears to have "forgotten" fact her deal was defeated by 230 votes

telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/…
Here's the killer line in the Morgan, Paterson and IDS op-ed:

'It is almost as if PM has forgotten the scale of the original Withdrawal Agreement’s defeat (by 230 votes) or how unacceptable the Backstop proposals remain to significant numbers of MPs on both sides of the House.'
It means the fragile truce between PM and Tory MPs is already on the brink of breaking.

'The backstop in anything like its present form is simply never going to pass the Commons,' Morgan, IDS & Paterson say.
Here’s the op-ed from Nicky Morgan, IDS and Owen Paterson:

telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/…
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Michael Gove accused Philip Hammond of failing to prepare Britain for a no-deal Brexit during fractious exchanges at a Cabinet meeting this afternoon, The Telegraph has been told

telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/…
One Cabinet source told The Telegraph Gove criticised Hammond for failing to release funding for no-deal preparations early enough.

Another source said Gove argued that HMRC should be doing more to help businesses prepare for a no-deal Brexit
Third Cabinet source insisted the exchanges were 'relatively mild'

The pair have repeatedly clashed over plans to slash tariffs in the event of a no-deal Brexit as per @elliotttimes & @mattdathan

Gove said to be 'absolutely furious' with Hammond during a meeting last week
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Steven Swinford
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Helen MacNamara, head of ethics at Cab Office, has written to EVERY spad asking them to submit their CV

It's being presented as an HR exercise to address issues around conditions & pay

But Spads fear something else is going on.

Is Govt gearing up for another election?
There is also a genuine issue around gender pay among spads which this could be going some way to address

@oliver_wright did a very good piece just before Xmas revealing that of 99 spads employed, only 25 are women and they get paid 5.7% less

thetimes.co.uk/article/downin…
Several current and former spads have been in touch to say that their pay and conditions are a complete mess

It's down to patronage luck as much as anything else - how much did your predecessor earn, is it a new role etc?

Sounds like Cab Office is trying to redress imbalances
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Steven Swinford
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PM writes to Jeremy Corbyn paving way for more talks on his Brexit plans

In move that heightened Eurosceptic concerns, she has NOT explicitly ruled out his plan to keep UK in Customs Union

No 10 says it is 'nonsense' to suggest PM is open to CU

telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/…
Here's Jacob Rees-Mogg on Theresa May's failure to explicitly rule out Customs Union in her letter to Jeremy Corbyn:

'As the 2017 Conservative manifesto promised to leave the Customs Union it would be more consistent for the Prime Minister simply to rule one out.'
In the letter, PM insists her deal 'provides for benefits of customs union' while enabling independent trade policy

She says CU membership would require us to be in Single Market & accept free movement - a breach of Labour's manifesto

Here’s the excerpt:
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As we approach the A50 cliff edge, worth reminding ourselves of the level of strategic thinking prevalent among senior Con MPs around the time they decided to trigger the two year countdown clock.
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#Fact 1 - The Wage Gap is real. People who says it's not haven't read the data.

However, in places like the USA, the wage gap is *not* mostly due to sexism like many #femnist #WomenInScience are claiming it is today. Disparate outcomes doesn't imply disparate treatment.
Women typically choose fields that are lower paying; even in the #STEM fields. To attribute that to sexism only or even mostly is a very dishonest way of deriving an answer for this complex disparity.

Sources:

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