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NEW: Leaked WhatsApps reveal Tory MPs are urging Boris Johnson to break the law to deliver Brexit

Read the messages here >> buzzfeed.com/alexwickham/to…
The extraordinary conversation took place in the Conservative MPs WhatsApp group this weekend

It started with Iain Duncan Smith who wrote: "The government has the right to demand that we do not hand over power to Parliament to tie the PM's hands"

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Kevin Hollinrake replied: "Government has the right to ignore legislation?"

Brexiteer Sheryll Murray: "I hope so 👍🏻"

She was backed up by fellow Brexiteer and home affairs select committee member Chris Green

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Brexiteer MPs then had to be warned by justice secretary Robert Buckland: "For anyone who has any doubt, this Government, like its predecessors, observes the rule of law at all times and for all seasons."

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Personal favourite of these leaked WhatsApps is this from the justice secretary. ‘Look forward to karaoke, ps don’t break the law’ buzzfeed.com/alexwickham/to…
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NEW: Runners and riders to replace John Bercow as Commons speaker, and why they think they should get the job

Read all their email pitches to MPs here >> buzzfeed.com/alexwickham/wh…
Lindsay Hoyle: Early favourite and stability candidate

— basically his pitch is he won’t cause drama
— like Bercow he will be big on LGBT/BAME rights/representation
— unlike Bercow he will be unscrupulously impartial

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Alex Wickham
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💥 NEW: Cabinet row over a proposal by Liz Truss to give businesses a £1,500 'Brexit voucher' to prepare for no-deal

The idea was rejected by Michael Gove's XO committee. But Truss is determined to push ahead

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— Liz Truss' idea is to give SMEs that export to the EU a £1,500 voucher to pay for advice from accountants / lawyers ahead of Oct 31

— There were 5.7 million SMEs in the UK in 2018. 8% export to the EU

— But Truss said it'd only cost £30 million...

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— XO rejected the proposal after ministers raised concerns

— Govt source: “There was no targeting or checks and no way of knowing where the money would be going. You could have applied for a voucher and split the cash with an accountant friend.”

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Alex Wickham
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Yellowhammer docs
— 2.5 day queues for HGVs at Kent
— significant electricity price increases for consumers
— winter weather and flu could exacerbate impacts and stretch resources
— public and biz readiness for no-deal will remain at a low level
— small and medium businesses less well prepared
— possible severe extended delays for medicines if situation unmitigated
— certain types of fresh food supply will decrease
— law enforcement data sharing disrupted
— financial services disrupted
— low income groups disproportionately affected
— protests across UK
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