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New: Heidi Allen tells me "Unite to Remain" — the new alliance of anti-Brexit parties working together at the next election — could form the next government

"This is a real moment in time for MPs to stand up and be counted" businessinsider.com/heidi-allen-an…
Unite to Remain has already spoken to the Electoral Commission about the next election, Allen told me

The plan is for candidates to share a descriptor i.e "The Liberal Democrats — Unite to Remain"

The prospect of PM Johnson is "concentrating minds"
businessinsider.com/heidi-allen-an…
Allen predicted that more MPs would soon quit the Tories and Labour to join the anti-Brexit "independent space"

However, she admitted that she may have to stand aside in her own seat for Unite to Remain to succeed: "I am a jigsaw piece in this puzzle"
businessinsider.com/heidi-allen-an…
It’s worth clarifying that not all anti-Brexit parties have officially agreed to be part of Unite to Remain. Talks are ongoing.
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Unite to Remain's @heidiallen75 on Brecon: "People in the European elections were disappointed that the Remain parties didn't have time to get their acts together – but the incredible way in which these parties have acted to ensure victory in Brecon shows what can be achieved."
@heidiallen75 Naomi Smith of @BestForBritain says Brecon "proves that when remain parties work together, they succeed.

"... We will continue meeting internationalist MPs from all parties and use this model to prevent the Brexit extremists from getting a majority in the event of an election."
@heidiallen75 @BestForBritain Unite to Remain figures are pretty sure that the Tories would have won in Brecon & Radnorshire if Plaid, Greens hadn't stood aside. They point to estimated European election results in the constituency - see @chrishanretty's research - that put Plaid on 9.4%, Greens on 7.9%.
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Adam Payne
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PM Johnson boxes himself in on the Brexit deal: “A time limit is not enough... The way to a deal goes by the abolition of the backstop.”

He says alternatives arrangements to the backstop can be used now. Opposition MPs yell “how?”
Corbyn quotes manufacturing org Make UK who said no-deal Brexit “would be the height of economic lunacy” and adds: “Those recklessly advocating no deal will not be the ones who lose out.”
John McDonnell leans forward in his seat - looking pretty furious - and tells the PM “answer a question, Boris”
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Leaving the 1922 meeting just now, Conservative MP Keith Simpson says “it was classically Boris... The circus has come to town.” He adds that MPs who want a job in his government are “ambitious little shits.”
An MP in the room says Johnson is receiving “lots of domestic policy questions.” They add: “He was invited to scrap HS2 which he conspicuously did not do.”
Nicky Morgan says Johnson was “entertaining,” answered Qs with “detail” and “makes the party feel better about itself”
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Remain already has a majority without any support from Corbyn

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