“The UK may have to bow to European law for up to a decade after Brexit, it was claimed last night. Brussels will demand that Britain submits to the European Court of Justice for the duration of any transitional deal, said Maltese prime minister Joseph Muscat, whose tiny island nation has just taken over the rotating presidency of the EU. Chancellor Philip Hammond is pushing for a transitional deal lasting several years to give the City more time to adjust to the country’s departure from the EU.” – Daily Mail
More Europe:
More May:
“We need to win back respect for politics by respecting how the public voted. That means full Brexit, not fake Brexit. We won’t be in the single market. Because being in means accepting the unfettered free movement of people and the unchallenged supremacy of EU courts. And I’ve said we need to control our own borders and our own laws. We won’t be in the customs union. Because that means accepting high tariff barriers towards the rest of the world and no freedom to strike our own trade deals. I’ve said I want Britain to be a global champion of free trade and we can only do that if we set our own trade policy instead of having it set by a protectionist bloc.” – The Times (£)
>Today: ToryDiary: In Brussels, a clash is coming between dogma and pragmatism
>Yesterday:
“Defence Minister Mike Penning has launched a savage attack on Jeremy Corbyn after the Labour leader made clear his lack of support for a Nato mission in Eastern Europe. The Minister for the Armed Forces accused him of preferring to collaborate with Russia than support our troops. The arch-leftie’s spokesperson said in a Westminster briefing yesterday that he had “concerns” that the new NATO mission was only escalating the stand-off with Moscow.” – The Sun
“The former British spy behind the Donald Trump dossier was involved in a vast investigation by the FBI into corruption at the heart of world football. Chris Steele’s private intelligence company, based in London, was commissioned by the Football Association in 2010 to gather information on Fifa, the sport’s governing body, as part of England’s unsuccessful bid to host the 2018 World Cup.” – The Times (£)
Comment:
>Today: Iain Dale’s column: The BBC’s flagrant bias for Obama and against Trump
>Yesterday: ToryDiary: We need a strong American president. We may be getting a weak one.
“An Oxford academic who complained to the police about the home secretary’s party conference remarks about foreign workers, which were then classed as a “hate incident”, has admitted that he had not watched the speech. Amber Rudd’s remarks proposing tougher rules for immigrant workers and foreign students attracted criticism at the Conservative conference in Birmingham last October. Joshua Silver, a physics professor at Oxford, was so concerned that he reported the speech to the police.” – The Times (£)
Editorial:
“Chris Grayling has branded the Labour Party a “disgrace” for supporting their union backers despite the misery being faced by millions of commuters. The Transport Secretary hit out at Andy McDonald, Labour’s shadow transport secretary, as he accused the Party of defending “unnecessary” strike action. Jeremy Corbyn enraged commuters on Tuesday after he said he would be ready to join the rail unions on the picket lines as more than 300,000 workers were hit by strike action.” – Daily Telegraph
Sketch:
“The grim sight of a line of trolleys in a bleak hospital corridor unmasked Jeremy’s Corbyn as a hypocrite, critics claimed last night. The Labour leader said this week that the Tories were ‘in denial’ about the crisis in the NHS in England. But this scene at a crisis-hit A&E unit shows the state of the Welsh NHS, which has been run by Labour since 1999. Tories said savage cuts by Labour had ‘unleashed devastation’.” – Daily Mail
More Labour:
Comment:
Editorial:
>Yesterday: James Frayne’s column: Competence is the clearest dividing line between May and Corbyn
“The Government has come under more pressure to drop proposals that would force newspapers to pay legal costs in courts cases even if they win after Scottish ministers said they would refuse to bring in a similar law north of the Border. Fiona Hyslop, the SNP’s Culture Minister, warned UK ministers that the plan to implement Section 40 of the Crime and Courts Act 2013 poses a threat to press freedom and urged them to “carefully consider” the impact on the media and democracy.” – Daily Telegraph
Comment:
>Yesterday: ToryDiary: Northern Irish elections will give us new insight into May’s unionism