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There was confusion on Monday as to whether the checks/forms that will need to be done for goods going from NI to GB would need to be done by firms exporting the other way, from GB to NI. Barclay refused to say.

Dexeu confirms to me that they will. So checks in both directions.
Paragraph 16 of the government's own explainer on the NI protocol is actually quite clear about this point.
And yet not only is Steve Barclay confused but so is the Home Secretary. At Home Affairs Select Committee this afternoon Priti Patel refused to rule out Border Force officials being involved in checks and suggested they would only happen in one direction.
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Under the title “Labour is preparing for a general election” the Conservatives are asking their supporters to “smash” the @PeoplesMomentum election fundraising target.
Basically, we’re in an election period without being in an election period, which is a problem.
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Corbyn says: "providing the PM removes the possibility of a no deal exit" then the party will go for an election. Says if PM came to Parliament on Monday and did so they'd go for it.

But doesn't offer any detail as to what that would mean, in practice.
Ok we've moved on from the chances of an election to a more philosophical discussion about what the overthrow of capitalism might actually mean.
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WHERE IS LABOUR ON AN EARLY ELECTION?

Well contrary to earlier reports, the issue isn't settled.

The leadership still wants to go for it. The problem is the PLP, which very much doesn't.
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Right we'll be off in a bit. Parliamentary debate on second reading of the government's legislation implementing the Brexit bill kicks off shortly parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/8b…
It's going to be an awful day. Several hours of debate. Then a vote on second reading. Then, assuming that passes, a vote on the programme motion. Then three hours of committee.
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UK Unionist Leavers. Let me explain to you why I think you should consider the NI provisions in Boris' deal tolerable. 1/
NI has often had quite extensive devolution in the past. Indeed, from the 1920s to 1960s it virtually ran itself. The NI Protocol in Boris' deal is a rather extreme form of devolution. It allows the people of NI - for as long as they choose to do so - to keep an EEA-for-NI. 2/
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PM Johnson has made the removal of the #backstop the make-or-break matter when it comes to an exit deal with the EU.

So this thing is pretty damn important.

Time for a quick recap of what the 'loathed and detested' backstop actually is?

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This isn’t just of benefit or interest to the island of Ireland.
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A v.brief explanation:

Having to apply & enforce customs procedures & rules around market access makes a border ‘hard’.
(just talking trade here)

Put simply, the greater the hassle in getting goods across a border, the harder that border is.

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