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NEW: Cabinet ministers are warning the Supreme Court ruling has put the judiciary on a path to radical reform

Ministers talking about:
— US-style system of appointed judges
— return to Law Lords
— written constitution
— scrapping the Human Rights Act

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A Tory source said: “What the Supreme Court ruling has done is force a choice between moving towards a full-blown US system and return to the traditional pre-ECHR English system. Lady Hale has cut away the middle ground.”

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One cab minister has said we're headed to US-style system

Govt source: “The next person with a decent majority will move towards politically appointed judges. Whether it's us or Corbyn, you cannot have judges intervening in political decisions like this”

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Other Tories want reform in the opposite direction

They are rejecting US system as hyper-politicised but saying judges should enforce existing laws rather than make new ones. They're calling for return to Law Lords

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Geoffrey Cox today said

— MPs will have to “reflect” on whether politicians should appoint judges
— "there is ground for thinking again about our constitutional arrangements" after Brexit
— public should be consulted on a written constitution

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Boris Johnson asked by @Peston about moving to US-style courts says that is “a long way down the track” but “people will want to consider political implications and the constitutional implications”
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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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A Tory election campaign against the Brexit Party would have to harden its position on any future deal, offering a reduced Brexit bill and rejecting ECJ involvement on citizens’ rights, as well as no compromise on the backstop, government official said buzzfeed.com/alexwickham/do…
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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."

Second govt source: "This shows a clear lack of judgment. Remind me what her job title is again?"
And another...

Third govt source gets in touch: “You wouldn't get Supreme Court Justices in the US publicly bragging about defeating the executive and mocking the President. But apparently our system is above board and theirs is somehow something to be feared.”
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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

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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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