Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments as doubts grow over future of Brexit negotiations EU accuses UK of playing ‘stupid blame game’ after No 10 briefingNo 10 memo threatening EU states over extension ‘is shaming’Unofficial No 10 briefing on Brexit – Summary and analysis 2.53pm BST The Tory former cabinet minister Andrew Mitchell invited Gove to condemn the unattributable briefings coming out of No 10. (See 10.25am and 10.34am.) He asked Gove if he was “proud of the character” of these “quasi-official briefings”.Gove did not criticise the briefings directly, but he said in politics it was important to use language that showed respect for people with differing points of view. 2.49pm BST Yvette Cooper, the Labour chair of the home affairs select committee, asks about the suggestions from the unnamed No 10 source who briefed the Spectator that the UK should use security as leverage in the Brexit talks. (See 10.25am.) Sir Keir Starmer also asked about this, but did not get a reply. Cooper asks Gove to condemn this threat. He says anyone making threats like this should be removed from No 10. She says people in government need to behave like grownups.Gove says it is vitally important that the UK retains security cooperation with its EU allies. But he says the UK also cooperates with countries outside the EU. He says the UK will continue to cooperate with the Irish police force, and with other police forces. Continue reading…
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