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Lib Dems to use SO24 tomorrow to try to force release of 3 sets of government No Deal Brexit papers: Snow Bunting (police preparations) Kingfisher (business support) and Black Swan (worst case scenario)

Separate attempt by SNP to use SO24 to obtain “non-papers” was rejected.
this is what a snow bunting looks like in case you were wondering
what’s your favourite bird-based secret Brexit plan
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Jim Pickard
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Leaked government paper warns that the UK’s efforts to strike a US trade deal after Brexit could “severely limit” Britain’s ability to negotiate an equivalent agreement with the EU.

ft.com/content/778b2d…
The document says relaxing SPS standards in the UK to get a US trade deal could damage public health.

“Weakening our SPS regime to accommodate one trade partner could irreparably damage our ability to maintain UK animal, plant and public health, and reduce trust in our exports.”
Documents via @UE @damiankahya @JSandlerClarke @lukewbarratt

Labour’s @BarryGardiner says:

“Their (US) rules specify ‘acceptable levels’ of maggots in orange juice, rat droppings in ginger and hormone levels in beef. The right level should be zero.”

unearthed.greenpeace.org/2019/10/07/bre…
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Jim Pickard
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Jacob Rees-Mogg and his business partner were negotiating to sell their fund management company to an American group for up to £100m during the summer before talks collapsed after objections from colleagues.

Scoop by me and @OwenWalker0

ft.com/content/c3918a…
well I didn’t expect this reaction in the comments section
Jacob Rees-Mogg would have made up to £15m from the deal
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Jim Pickard
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Awkward letter to Times from leading constitutional expert
"The Queen will have been used to make a Conservative party political broadcast"
arguably you could say that (to some extent) about every Queen’s Speech
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