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Alex Wickham
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💥 NEW: Labour will use a humble address motion to force Boris Johnson to publish the legal advice he received on proroguing Parliament, if Geoffrey Cox doesn't release it

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Keir Starmer tells BuzzFeed news:

“The Attorney General should publish the legal advice he gave the Prime Minister on prorogation. If he fails to do so, Parliament should force its release."

buzzfeed.com/alexwickham/la…
Bercow has signalled he will allow time for this — huge pressure on Cox position obviously and whether PM was warned it could be unlawful — but also wonder if Labour are going down this route rather than VONC...

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NEW: A rift has opened up at the top of Boris Johnson’s govt between advisers loyal to Dom Cummings and other senior Johnson allies

— “parallel government” run by Eddie Lister
— top team split on aggressive media strategy
— election campaign power grab

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Key dividing line between the Vote Leave faction which sees leaving the EU as the end goal and is willing to achieve it by any means necessary, and a group of advisers led by Lister who see Johnson’s administration as a long-term project beyond Brexit

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Alex Wickham
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Baroness Hale mocking Boris Johnson over his “girly swots” gaffe this morning
People at the top of government astonished at Baroness Hale today

Govt source: "The independence of the judiciary and their slideshow choices is not something we can question."

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And another...

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Alex Wickham
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NEW: Boris Johnson's senior aides have ordered Tory MPs to call the EU 'crazy' if it rejects their new Brexit proposals

Internal memo sent tonight reveals how the govt plans to blame Brussels for 'ending negotiations' if talks break down

Read it here: buzzfeed.com/alexwickham/eu…
Here is the blame game memo

— if Brussels refuses to negotiate on Northern Ireland customs, No10 will say the EU is "crazy" and has made a deal "impossible"
— it would be the EU that "ends negotiations" if this happens, Boris Johnson's aides claim

buzzfeed.com/alexwickham/eu…
The memo from Boris Johnson's senior aides tonight also differs from their public line that this is their take-it-or-leave-it final offer

"We are obviously happy to negotiate details," it says

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Daniel Boffey
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Things not looking sunny for Boris's Brexit plans: Juncker has called on the British government to publish its Brexit plan in full after Boris Johnson was accused by Ireland’s prime minister of misleading parliament over the impact on the Irish border.
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Kris Griffiths
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While waiting for flight I thought I'd investigate the observation by @JohnJCrace and others that many Leavers who insisted #parliament prorogation was nowt to do with Brexit then decried yesterday's Supreme Court ruling to quash it as an attack against Brexit & democracy itself
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Let's start with @MarnieRiptide who once explained to @StevePeers & others that it's a yearly thing, specifically
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The Secret Barrister
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Popping on my tin hat, may I respectfully suggest this: Before any of us form a view, angry or otherwise, on the government’s decision not to seek a judicial review of the Parole Board’s decision to release Worboys, we should ask ourselves the following questions: [THREAD]
1. Do we know the contents of the legal advice that Justice Secretary David Gauke received before making his decision?
2. Have we seen the dossier of materials upon which the Parole Board made its decision?
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