Rolling updates of today’s political developments, including the Queen’s speech vote, division over a possible election and EU debate over Brexit extensionFull story: Cabinet split over pre-Christmas electionCorbyn urged to resist election callsAnalysis: Labour reluctance goes beyond no-deal fears 2.49pm BST Here’s a full write-up – by the Guardian’s Brexit correspondent Lisa O’Carroll – of this morning’s urgent question on the implications of the deal for Northern Ireland. The government has been urged to heed the warnings of the risk of civil disorder by loyalists in Northern Ireland because of the sense of “betrayal” they feel over Brexit.Deputy leader of the Democratic Unionist party Nigel Dodds urged the government not to shrug off the impact of the Brexit deal on the unionist community. Related: DUP warns of civil disorder in Northern Ireland over Brexit 2.43pm BST BuzzFeed’s Alberto Nardelli and Alex Wickham are reporting that Boris Johnson personally raised the issue of businesses having to fill in export forms on goods moving between GB and NI in a phone call with Jean-Claude Juncker, the European commission president, on the morning the Brexit deal was agreed.Juncker insisted that the matter could not be renegotiated. Shortly afterwards, in a follow-up call, Johnson agreed the deal, thereby accepting the need for the forms.NEW: Boris Johnson raised the issue of export forms in Northern Ireland directly with Jean-Claude Juncker. And then agreed to them 90 minutes later. https://t.co/QrfCv7F6jx Continue reading…
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