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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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Labour whistleblower says Corbyn allies intervened in anti-Semitism cases as 'matter of routine'

Former official said dealing with sensitive complaints was 'like stepping on an an electric rail'

Labour says claims are 'malicious lies'

telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/…
Here's the Labour whistleblower:

'Cases were routinely discussed by the leader’s office

'It was like stepping on an electrified rail whenever we suspended someone known to Jeremy Corbyn. Loto [the leader’s office] engaged in disciplinary cases as a matter of routine'
Here's Labour's response:

'These are malicious lies from a disgruntled former employee.

'A request was made to individuals in leader’s office for help in clearing a backlog of cases, which was complied with in good faith. No evidence has been provided to back up these claims'
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Steven Swinford
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Exclusive:

Geoffrey Cox has abandoned attempts to secure a hard time-limit or unilateral exit mechanism to Irish backstop

The aims, which represent the central demands of Eurosceptics, are considered too 'blunt' and have been rejected by EU

telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/…
Geoffrey Cox now focusing on an enhanced 'arbitration mechanism' that allows UK and EU to give formal notice that they want to break off from backstop

UK wants independent arbitration panel to decide whether backstop can end

EU is flatly rejecting - it wants ECJ to have role
Steve Baker on Cox abandoning backstop time-limit & unilateral exit:

'This seems to indicate a satirical approach to fulfilling Brady amendment.

'Brady required you replace backstop with alternative arrangements

'That's light years away from tweaking arbitration mechanisms'
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Steven Swinford
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Some robust exchanges in Cabinet.

* Liz Truss criticised 'kamikaze' Cabinet Remainers for undermining PM by attempting to take no deal off the table

* Gavin Williamson warned extending A50 is runs risk of long extension - suggested EU will be able to set length
Andrea Leadsom said to be furious with Rudd, Gauke and Clark.

She said she was dismayed by the disintegration of collective responsibility.

She said Cabinet had lost 'credibility' with backbenchers and it had damaged credibility of party
There were a fair few Cabinet ministers warning against extending A50.

My latest count - which is rising by the minute - includes:

The PM
Gavin Williamson
Andrea Leadsom
Julian Smith
Brandon Lewis
Liz Truss
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1) Lilico - the intellectual wing of the #Brexit movement
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@andrew_lilico is in the spotlight today for a fairly dispicable tweet which I won't repeat here.

But Lilico is also a "leading" Brexit economist who put together an interesting article
@andrew_lilico 2) here is the article in question, from April 2017, and is a great example of what brexiters were selling us before reality set in & they desperately pivoted from full on "we can have it all" cakeism to "no deal? No biggie" snake oil

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David Carretta
@davcarretta
#Brexit: martedì potrebbe iniziare l'uscita di Uk senza accordo.

Tutti i governi Ue si stanno preparando con avvertimenti a cittadini, amministrazioni, imprese. Alcuni assumono migliaia di persone per le dogane.

Forse mi son perso qualcosa. Ma il governo italiano che fa?
Facciamo un esempio: in Italia risiedono 28.168 cittadini britannici.

Dopo la Brexit diventeranno extra-comunitari. Cosa ne facciamo in caso di no-deal? Tutti espulsi con foglio di via il 30 marzo?

Oppure li facciamo votare alle elezioni comunali come ora?
Un alto esempio banalotto: l'Italia esporta 760 milioni di euro di vino, di cui 300 milioni di prosecco.

In caso di no-deal servono doganieri per le pratiche di esportazione. E chi glielo dice ai trevigiani che devono prendersi un broker a Dover per sdoganare?
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#Brexit being discussed in Holyrood committee. @murdo_fraser asks @Feorlean if he’s read the draft bill. @Feorlean says he’s skimmed it, that he’s not a lawyer and that a lawyer would take three days of study to understand it.
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Richard Broughton
@Richard_Ampere
Thread: How are UK online news outlets covering #Brexit in 2018? An analysis, with data and charts!

Part 2: **Cabinet vs Shadow Cabinet**

#Labour #Conservatives

Again, usual spiel on being conducted in personal capacity
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In other words, 91% of news headline references to Cabinet-level MPs were to Government politicians. 2/
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