Some significant disquiet in Cabinet over No10 aides' attacks on EU leaders in the last 24 hours. I'm told Nicky Morgan complained about the briefing to @JGForsyth and Julian Smith again warned that No Deal would be a disaster for the Union. 1.
@JGForsyth One Cabinet minister tells me: "Those of us who believe in a deal and care deeply about Northern Ireland and the Union made our points". And that was before the Merkel call briefing, which none of them saw as all had handed over their phones. 2.
In response to Nicky Morgan’s complaint about briefings in Cabinet, I’m told the PM said to the table, “you shouldn’t believe what you read. You should listen to what I say instead”. A slap down for senior officials doing the briefing?
