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NEW: No10 might say this is their "final offer" but privately they concede it won't be accepted by the EU in full

UK willing to discuss compromise

But they insist it is a serious offer kicking off 10 days of talks to decide whether a deal can be done

buzzfeed.com/alexwickham/aw…
No10 wants to pose the EU with a choice

— discussing a compromise deal that is vaguer than Brussels would like and delays the crunch (with UK open to moving further)
— or risk Johnson winning an election and pursuing no deal

buzzfeed.com/alexwickham/aw…
If no deal is to be done in the next 10 days it's

— go through the Benn law and seek no deal
— likely fail/lose in court
— extend after exhausting other possibilities
— November election

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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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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

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

buzzfeed.com/alexwickham/eu…
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