Follow the day’s political developments as they happen including Labour leader’s trip to Brussels to discuss his alternative plans for BrexitExclusive: PM running down clock to force MPs into binary choiceTwo senior Tory MPs ready to quit if May fails to change Brexit direction 1.58pm GMT Turning away from Brexit to one of the other big stories of the week – the decision to strip Shamima Begum of her citizenship. A couple of voices have emerged this lunchtime on what should happen to her.The Conservative chairman of the Commons Foreign Affairs Committee, Tom Tugendhat, demands the use of the Treason Act of 1351 – which currently only applies to offences against the monarch – to prosecute Begum.She has clearly gone out to support a group that has sought to do violence, sought to murder people like us here in the UK. That’s an extraordinary betrayal and we should be able to reflect that in law.The Government has to recognise the unease felt by a wide range of people about decisions of this kind, not least those from minority communities with dual nationality. It has to build trust in its approach, because Islamist extremists will exploit alienation and grievance to turn people against their country. 1.50pm GMT Meanwhile, Michel Barnier has told a French newspaper that Brexit talks remain at an ‘impasse’, and repeated that Brussels will not consider reopening the Withdrawal Agreement or renegotiating the backstop.“The process is in an impasse at the moment. We are waiting for Theresa May to tell us how she sees things and what she wants,” he tells La Croix. Continue reading…
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