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Philip Hammond confirms he will rebel today and back legislation to stop a no deal Brexit

He says that the rebels have the numbers

‘The whips have been pretty aggressive, offering inducements

‘But there’s a group of Conservatives that feel very strongly’
Philip Hammond says he intends to stand as a Conservative candidate and suggests that No 10 can’t stop him

He says Downing Street would face the ‘fight of a lifetime’ to get rid of him

‘I am going to defend my party against incomes and entryists’
Philip Hammond says Jeremy Corbyn made a private commitment not to vote for a general election until legislation to block no deal is locked down

‘I hope he will honour that pledge’
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Steven Swinford
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We'll hear at noon if Court of Session decides to issue an order making Boris Johnson liable for 'frustrating' Benn Act

Order could bar him from:

* Sending 2nd letter telling EU to ignore request

* Delaying sending letter

* Encouraging other member states to veto extension
If Boris Johnson was to ignore such an order, he could ultimately be held to be criminally liable and face proceedings for contempt of court or misconduct in a public office
Decision likely to be appealed by whoever loses at Inner Court

There's also a petition for the court *itself* to sign and sent A50 extension letter in event Johnson refuses

Petition calls for the court to exercise nobile officium - where the court itself offers legal remedy
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Steven Swinford
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EXCLUSIVE

Philip Hammond says Boris Johnson has changed Conservative Party from 'broad-church coalition' into a place of 'ideological puritanism that brooks no dissent

thetimes.co.uk/article/i-no-l…
Philip Hammond suggests in The Times that Dominic Cummings is like the 'Marxists on the Labour left' who see a no-deal Brexit as a chance to 're-order our economy and society'

He says Johnson is backed by 'speculators who have bet billions on a hard Brexit'
Hammond makes the 'stark prediction' that Britain will not leave the EU on October 31 - he says that the Supreme court will intervene, Brexit will be delayed and Boris Johnson will have chance to strike new deal
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Steven Swinford
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EXCLUSIVE:

WhatsApp and other social media platforms will be forced to disclose encrypted messages from suspected terrorists, paedophiles and other criminals under new treaty between UK & US

Priti Patel poised to sign data access agreement *next month*

thetimes.co.uk/article/police…
US social media companies will be compelled to hand over information to the police, security services and prosecutors if they make requests through courts

The treaty represents the culmination of four years of intensive lobbying by three successive Tory prime minister's
It's a big step forward for police and security services, who have to wait up to two years to get encrypted information out of social media giants under existing arrangements

They think it's a game changer

BUT David Davis has warned US could abuse it
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Pete North
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Leave voters are getting restless out of boredom and frustration. They simply don't trust that #Brexit will happen and MPs are giving them no reason to believe it will after three years of parlour games and obfuscation. What exactly do MPs expect?
MPs tell us that they respect the vote but they simply want to stop a no deal Brexit but how can that be true when they have rejected a withdrawal agreement three times and voted down all of the options for a future relationship? What basis for trust is there?
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⚢🌸Sakura No Seirei🌸🏳️‍⚧️
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And let's get today's #Brexit thread started

#Letwin is expected to make an application for an emergency debate sometime after 17:30 which, if successful, will result in an emergency debate on Brexit sometime around 18:00

In the meantime the real stuff is still going on...

1/n
behind the scenes

Senior Tory rebels have been in to see Johnson and have basically come back out describing the meeting as being crap, and the Johnson is still sticking to the claim that the whip will be withdrawn from any Tory MP that votes against the government

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All the current rumblings from Labour still seem to indicate that they won't back a vote calling for a General Election unless legislation is in place to stop a No Deal Brexit on 31 October, but that's still a case of wait and see

3/n
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"That's simply not going to happen. It's just so blindingly obvious"

Commons Speaker John Bercow rejects the suggestion a future PM could try to end the current session of Parliament in order to push through a no-deal #Brexit

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Ed Conway
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You're bored of Brexit, right? Yeah so am I so is everyone. So you won't like this but I have bad news. We will still be talking about Brexit for many more years, maybe a decade - WHATEVER happens. However the events of the next few weeks play out. Think about it (thread): 1/
You think you'll get closure of a sort if TM gets a deal thru Parliament? No. That's JUST THE WITHDRAWAL. Once we're out we need to decide our future relationship. That debate (Norway vs Canada all over again) will take YEARS and may be even more divisive than today's debate 2/
Perhaps u reckon no deal Brexit will be the "cleanest" way out? One quick rip & the plaster's off, right? Wrong. Having left the UK would then spend the following yrs building/rebuilding the institutions, regulations & agreements that allow us to function in the global economy 3/
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Dr Phillip Lee MP
@DrPhillipLeeMP
What a day for #Brexit! All in all, we’re in a more powerful place now to do what’s right for the country.
‘No deal’ is dead: the @EUCourtPress Advocate General‘s opinion is that the UK can unilaterally revoke article 50 under certain circumstances. So we don’t have to leave the EU without a deal unless we’re irrational enough to decide that’s what we want
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Peter Foster
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First Airbus, now BMW warn of factory closures if xBrexit takes UK out of the Customs Union and Single Market on which their supply chains depend...I wonder who Greg Hands and Philip Hammond have lined up next :)

The heat is clearly on ahead of the Chequers #Brexit meeting. /1
At this point, the roles are reversed from the Brexit campaign. Then the it's just 'project fear' narrative won the day.

Now, as Brexit approaches, the Brexiteers need to get beyond 'project fantasy' to sell a clean-break Brexit in face of real-world CEO warnings. /2
If BMW and Airbus are 'off' in the event of a clean-break #Brexit that brings the 'what then?' question into rather sharper focus.

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