PM meets Irish counterpart to discuss backstop before returning to London for another attempt to force October electionBoris Johnson ‘sabotage’ letter to EU ‘would break law’EU is losing patience with Britain, warns Dutch ministerBoris Johnson/Leo Varadkar press conference – snap verdict 2.33pm BST Here is the full text of Dominic Grieve’s SO24 motion. (See 2.23pm.)BREAKING: As I reported earlier, MPs have requested emergency debate to get hold of all govt docs on prorogation & No Deal… and the request is Includes all communications by “WhatsApp, telegram(!), signal(?), facebook, private email…” and names specific advisors. pic.twitter.com/AGAkupCAhI 2.23pm BST The government intends to prorogue parliament this evening, but before MPs get sent away for their five-week recess, they have got a huge amount to get through. Here is the timetable for the rest of the day.I use the word “timetable” provisionally, because at this point it is not at all clear how long everything will take. In theory, if everything took the maximum amount of time allocated, the Commons could still be sitting at 8am tomorrow morning. No one expects that to happen. But the final vote, on whether or not to have an early election, may come at around 11pm. Continue reading…
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