May 'contradicting' Davis, saying Brexit deal vote should happen before exit – Politics live

Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments as they happen, including Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn at PMQs and David Davis giving evidence to the Commons Brexit committeeDavid Davis’ evidence to Brexit committee – SummaryPMQs – Snap verdictPMQs – Verdict from the Twitter commentariat 3.01pm BST Rogers says he strongly advised the government last autumn not to rush into triggering article 50. This advice was heavily resisted by people in government, he said, for political reasons he understands. He said he thought if the UK triggered article 50 too early, it would get “screwed” on sequencing. 2.57pm BST Back at the Treasury committee Rogers told MPs that the US would not agree a trade deal with the UK without a big agricultural component. He said Congress cares more about agriculture than anything else.He also said that his understanding was that the Irish were unhappy about the UK’s plans for post-Brexit border controls at the border with Northern Ireland. The Irish thought the British were proposing “wheezes”, he said. And the Irish took the view that this was not a problem that could be fixed by wheezes. Continue reading…
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