Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments as they happen, including Brexit secretary David Davis giving evidence to the Commons European scrutiny committee 1.56pm GMT We’ve got some new Guardian/ICM polling out today. The poll was conducted over the weekend, after Theresa May had delivered her Brexit speech, and we asked people about the May speech and Jeremy Corbyn’s earlier in the week. The results should make grim reading for both party leaders.This is bleak reading for both Labour and Conservatives. Our regular polling results seems to increasingly show Brexit to be a zero-sum game for the two main parties – politicians have to be seen to be taking a position, but any position chosen is generally met with more public disagreement than agreement.In terms of voting intentions, there’s very little change. Labour and Conservatives trade one percent of the public’s vote intention between them, meaning the Conservatives regain a slim lead on 43% compared to Labour’s 42%. But these two proportions are still very much within the margin of error on this poll, so if there was an election tomorrow, we’d still consider it too close to call. 1.30pm GMT The urgent question about Russia and the Sergei Skripal incident is over, and I’m back.As we reported on the Srkipal live blog, Boris Johnson said the UK would respond “robustly” if Russia were found to be involved. Johnson, the foreign secretary, told MPs:Police, together with partner agencies, are now investigating. Honourable members will note the echoes of the death of Alexander Litvinenko in 2006.And while it’d be wrong to prejudge the investigation, I can reassure the House that should evidence emerge that implies state responsibility, then Her Majesty’s government will respond appropriately and robustly. Continue reading…
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