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Adam Payne
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Good afternoon from sunny Brussels where EU folk are reacting to last night’s action.

One Consevative MEP tells me “Brexit is dead” and predicts “brutal” European and local election for the Tories: “Our vote could completely collapse... We will get absolutely hammered.”
European elections voting intention, according to Opinium

The Tories "look set to take a pasting in the European Parliament elections next month"
Just bumped into a Tory staffer who has been doing some campaigning in England this week head of the local and European elections.

"We are going to get decimated... We are absolutely f*****."
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Adam Payne
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Several pro-referendum Labour MPs/MEPs are gathering in Westminster tonight. Speakers include Owen Smith, Seb Dance, Louise Ellman, Wes Streeting.

Should be an interesting one...
Note: This is not some mysterious gathering I've got wind of. It's a rally organised by Remain Labour. But it'll be extra interesting in light of the NEC decision.
Owen Smith isn’t impressed by the NEC verdict - “I’d like to be a bit more positive about it than I feel I can be.” He says “procrastination” on Brexit will cost Labour swathes of European elections votes. “If we continue to stand in the middle of the road, we will get run down.”
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Adam Payne
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Mixed reactions within Labour to @paulwaugh’s ace scoop. Delegates I’ve spoken to are furious but some MEPs are more relaxed. One said: “It was always going to be shit - the freepost always is” & that it was rushed to be on time. MEPs also report a “v good” policy meeting on Wed.
But a sceptical Labour delegate points out: “Freepost is the only guaranteed piece of literature every household receives.”
What do you know? There is some talk of Labour making very 11th hour changes to its European election leaflet in response to the fury over @paulwaugh & @REWearmouth’s story. “The final draft may not be so final,” an MEP says.
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Adam Payne
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Exclusive: There are not enough warehouses for retailers to stockpile goods for an October 31 no-deal Brexit, business leaders have warned.

Many of the warehouses used in the run-up to March 29 are already booked as they're needed for Christmas stock. businessinsider.com/no-deal-brexit…
A food retailer used warehouses to stockpile 24,000 pallets of goods in the run-up to 29/3. However, none of it is available in October as it's booked for Christmas stock, I'm told.

"Brexit is a pain in the arse which has f**** everything up even more."
businessinsider.com/no-deal-brexit…
Businesses warn that warehouses used to stockpile for a March 29 no-deal are not available in October — as they're already booked for Xmas stock.

A food retailer used warehouses to stockpile 24,000 pallets for 29/3. None of that space is available in Oct. businessinsider.com/no-deal-brexit…
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Theresa May's machiavelic plans have to stop.

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