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Labour politicians pandering to nationalist sentiment, and Remainers colluding with separatists in Parliament, are a clear and present danger.
“Jeremy and I go back 40 years,” declares the Shadow Chancellor, denying that he has been “frozen out.”
The Chancellor hinted that at minimum he would, if a backbencher, vote with Labour against such a policy.
“I can’t comment on what was said,” he says, asked if he described Labour’s policy as a slow motion car crash.
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“I understand now why she couldn’t negotiate a decent deal with our European partners, if she behaves in this way.”
Will they now seek to appease turbulent voters by rushing her-deal-plus-the-Customs-Union through the Commons?
The Shadow Chancellor was being asked about a possible intervention by the human rights watchdog.
He rejects the claim that the party is institutionally tainted but says that clearly “it has got a problem”.
The words of Gordon Brown to Tony Blair echo in our ears. “There is nothing that you could say to me now that I could ever believe”.
Plus: In news elsewhere, a luxury women’s health spa in Belgravia – with annual membership fees of £5,500 – this week blamed Brexit for its closure.
Between them, the two remaining candidates have already clocked up tax and spending promises of around £51 billion per year.