Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments as they happenDiane Abbott: free movement plan worse than WindrushAnalysis: what’s in new bid to remove backstop? 2.41pm BST I’m back, and No 10 has responded to Donald Tusk’s statement rejecting Boris Johnson’s proposal for the backstop. A Downing Street spokesman said:We are deeply invested in the peace, prosperity and security of Northern Ireland and always will be and we have been clear that we will never place infrastructure, checks, or controls at the border.But it is clear that unless the withdrawal agreement is reopened and the backstop abolished there is no prospect of a deal. It has already been rejected three times by MPs and is simply unviable as a solution, as the PM’s letter makes clear. 2.07pm BST The latest from Boris Johnson, which does not exactly move things on:The referendum result must be respected. We will leave the EU on 31st October. #LeaveOct31 Continue reading…
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President Trump called me for a chat on Saturday. It was our first conversation since he unfollowed me on Twitter in April after I wrote a Mail column telling him to ‘Shut the f*ck up Read more…