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UK missed the 8pm deadline to nominate
Source: Voting proceeds as planned tomorrow morning
We'd heard in Westminster/Whitehall that it was definitely to be Osborne
It has raised eyebrows. UK, Treasury/Javid, asked for the extra time, a day, until Aug 2 in order to nominate. UK has backed the process of seeking a single European candidate from the start
If Downing Street waits until after the EU vote - which it will take part in (abstention counts as a vote against) - only then to nominate Osborne it will be a spanner in the works both in Brussels and Washington
Or Boris Johnson has decided, against Treasury, that UK is not bothered after all about a nomination or sending Osborne to Washington
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