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Last night: Squeaky Bum Time

Tonight’s London Evening Standard

 

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Clockwise from top left: UK Prime Minister Theresa May; former UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, DUP Leader Arlene Foster and Leader of the House of Commons Andrea Leadsom

This afternoon.

Theresa May and her Tory Cabinet ministers are in No 10 Downing Street to discuss a draft Brexit deal agreed by UK and EU negotiators.

The British Prime Minister told MPs in the House of Commons that the Brexit agreement reached by negotiators took the UK “significantly closer to delivering on what the British people voted for in the referendum.”

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This afternoon.

“I know for the unionist community in Northern Ireland this is quite a difficult time. Many of them may be feeling vulnerable, many of them might be feeling isolated and many of them may be quite worried about what may be agreed in the coming days.

I want to say to them the GFA [Good Friday agreement] will be protected and that includes a recognition that we respect the territory of the United Kingdom and that we respect the principle of consent, that there can be no change to the constitutional status of Northern Ireland unless a majority of Northern Ireland say so and we are very happy to have that written into any agreement.”

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar.

Brexit Deal Live (The Guardian)





This morning.

Merrion Street, Dublin 2

Cabinet members arrive at government buildings for an emergency meeting on Brexit after EU and UK negotiators agreed a text that deals with the Irish border.

From top: Minister for Justice Charlie Flanagan, Minister for Culture Josepha Madigan, Minister for Education Joe McHugh, Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney and Taoiseach Leo Varadkar.

More as we get it.

Earlier: A Limerick A Day

According to both sources, there will be one backstop to avoid a hard border on the island of Ireland.

The backstop will come in the form of a temporary UK-wide customs arrangement, with specific provisions for Northern Ireland, which go deeper on the issue of customs and alignment on the rules of the single market than for the rest of the UK

…..RTÉ News understands that while the main backstop focuses on a UK-wide customs arrangement, there will be specific provisions within the text and within annexes for Northern Ireland, should the UK-wide arrangement not prove sufficient to avoid a hard border.

Exclusive: EU and UK negotiators agree text for Irish border (RTÉ)

Rollingnews

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Nat writes:

Trolling level: Brexiteer…

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Autumn 2018 Economic Forecast (European Commission)

Spokeperson on Finance Pearse Doherty (left) with Sinn Féin President Mary Lou McDonald speaking to the media on the plinth of Leinister House on the Brexit Crisis this afternoon

This afternoon.

Speaking during Leaders’ Questions in the Dáil, Leo Varadkar said he was open to considering the idea of review clause and added that there has to be creative solutions and creative language sometimes to get an agreement.

…Sinn Féin Leader Mary Lou McDonald accused the Taoiseach of shifting the Government’s position at the most sensitive time in the negotiations.

“I think your announcement yesterday was a cock up plain and simple,” she said.

The Taoiseach said it was a good thing that Ms McDonald was not handling the negotiations because she was too “bullying” and would turn this country’s friends into enemies within months….

Taoiseach rules out exit clause on backstop (RTÉ)

Earlier: Penny For Your Thoughts

Rollingnews

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Brexit: Labour rules out voting for deal keeping UK in customs union temporarily – Politics live (Guardian)

Earlier: A Limerick A Day