Sign up here to receive the daily news briefing in your inbox every morning with exclusive insight from the BrexitCentral team Boris Johnson aims to push through his Brexit Bill in three days… The government has published its 110-page bill to turn Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal into law. No 10 will ask MPs on Tuesday to approve its proposals for three days of intensive debate over the Withdrawal Agreement Bill (WAB). The PM urged MPs to back the schedule, saying: “The public doesn’t want any more delays, neither do other European leaders and neither do I.” But opposition MPs said there would not be enough time to scrutinise the bill. Repeating his calls for MPs to “get Brexit done”, Mr Johnson said his deal allowed the UK to leave the EU “without disruption” and provided a “framework for a new relationship based on free trade and friendly cooperation”. We are leaving the European Union but we will always be European,” he said. “I hope Parliament today votes to take back control for itself and the British people and the country can start to focus on the cost of living, the NHS, and conserving our environment.” Leader of the Commons Jacob Rees-Mogg said that if MPs did not back the intensive timetable it could result in the UK missing the government’s 31 October Brexit deadline. – BBC News …with MPs forecast to approve his deal tonight… Boris Johnson has a fighting chance of passing his Brexit deal through the House of Commons without MPs forcing him into a customs union with the EU or holding a second referendum, according to analysis by the Financial Times. Based on a forecast of MPs’ voting intentions, the prime minister has a slender majority of five to see through his Brexit deal, with 320 expected to vote for Mr Johnson’s deal while 315 may oppose it. After being refused the chance to hold another so-called meaningful vote on the deal by House of Commons speaker John Bercow on Monday, the Johnson government will instead introduce the withdrawal agreement bill to the House of Commons on Tuesday. This complex but important piece of legislation is required to deliver Brexit, but will be challenged and changed by MPs opposed to his approach. A vote in principle, the “second reading” of the legislation, is expected to pass, thanks to the cross-party coalition that has indicated its support for Mr Johnson’s deal. But the government will then have to pass a “programme” motion, which defines the timetable for the bill. This may prove the most difficult challenge to passing a deal by October 31. – FT(£) …after a ‘meaningful vote’ yesterday was ruled out of order by Speaker Bercow The Commons Speaker has refused a government request to hold a “yes” or “no” vote on its Brexit deal. John Bercow said a motion on the deal had been brought before MPs on Saturday, and it would be “repetitive and disorderly” to debate it again. Saturday’s sitting saw MPs vote to withhold approval of Boris Johnson’s deal until it has been passed into law. The government said it was disappointed, but would go ahead with introducing the necessary legislation. The prime minister’s official spokesman added: “The Speaker has yet again denied us a chance to deliver on the will of British people.” The UK is due to leave the EU in 10 days, and while Mr Johnson and fellow EU leaders have agreed a new deal to allow that to happen, it cannot come into force until it is approved by both the UK and European parliaments. – BBC News Johnson to offer MPs vote on option of customs union relationship during future negotiations as he tries to see off Labour attempts to thwart his deal… Boris Johnson will offer MPs a vote on the customs union after Britain leaves the European Union to try to see off a Labour attempt to thwart his Brexit deal. The Withdrawal Agreement Bill (WAB) will include the provision to give Parliament a say in negotiations over the future relationship with the EU. MPs are expected to have a say on whether they want the customs union to be part of that. The plan is based on a past amendment authored by the Labour MPs Lisa Nandy and Gareth Snell, which would have given Parliament a vote on the government’s future negotiating mandate. It is understood the plan is popular with the 21 Tory rebels, 14 of whom have previously voted for a customs union. Meanwhile the Labour Party will on Tuesday try to push through another plan to derail the government’s Brexit plan. Opposition MPs are expected to vote down the “programme motion” the government will table in order to set out how its Brexit bill may get through. The “programme motion” sets out plans for upcoming sittings in the Commons and defines the amount of time given to each stage of the legislation. – Telegraph (£) …although Tory MPs are reportedly reluctant to attach a customs union demand to the Bill itself… Soft-Brexit Tory MPs and independents are resisting the idea of attaching a customs union to Boris Johnson’s withdrawal agreement bill, meaning it would likely need an alliance of all opposition parties to pass. Conservative MPs and former Tories, who previously backed the idea of a customs union, suggested on Tuesday they would prefer not to reopen the issue and wanted to support Johnson’s deal. Damian Green, the leader of the One Nation caucus, and Oliver Letwin, who has is heavily involved in the parliamentary fight against a no-deal Brexit, both indicated they would back Johnson’s deal without a customs union appended. However, Johnson is still facing the prospect that Labour could ally with enough opposition and independent MPs to amend his bill in favour of a softer Brexit. – Guardian …as it is reported that Johnson could scrap the legislation entirely if Remainers succeed in wrecking it Boris Johnson is expected to abandon Brexit legislation in Parliament rather than accept a customs union or second referendum, rebel MPs were warned on Monday night. Mr Johnson must now attempt to get his 110-page Withdrawal Agreement Bill through the Commons and the Lords in the space of a week. However, there are growing doubts as Labour MPs plot to table amendments designed to effectively wreck his plans, including demands for a customs union and a second referendum. If any amendment passes, the Prime Minister is expected to abandon the legislation and accept the need for an extension – and then demand an immediate general election. Remainers are also planning to reject the timetable for pushing the legislation quickly through Parliament, making it “almost impossible” to get the deal ratified by next week’s deadline if successful, say Whitehall sources. – Telegraph (£) Rainbow alliance of Remain MPs plot to shoot down Boris Johnson’s deal – The Sun Johnson makes last-ditch efforts to win over a sceptical DUP… Ministers are to make a last-ditch effort to persuade the DUP to drop their opposition to Boris Johnson’s Brexit blueprint. The fierce opposition of the party’s 10 MPs to the deal – which they argue would erode the links between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK – means he faces an uphill struggle to win critical Commons votes this week on the agreement. However, the DUP, led by Arlene Foster, insists that changes are still possible to his agreement and are holding talks to try to wring concessions out of the Government. They are pressing for changes to the proposal for a ‘consent mechanism’ which would allow a majority of the Stormont Assembly to vary Northern Ireland’s customs arrangements. The DUP wants any such alterations to be approved by a majority of both unionists and nationalists, effectively giving it a veto. They say ministers have so far offered nothing which would persuade them to drop their opposition to Mr Johnson’s withdrawal plans. – iNews …who accuse Tories of a Brexit U-turn as Northern Ireland faces extra red tape to trade with rest of the UK The DUP has accused the Government of reneging on its promise to preserve “unfettered” trade with Northern Ireland after Brexit, as it emerged that lorry drivers will have to fill out complicated forms before moving goods across the Irish sea. Steve Barclay, the Brexit secretary, admitted on Monday that Northern Irish businesses would have to provide “some practical information” before transporting goods to Great Britain, as he faced a grilling from MPs on the Prime Minister’s deal. The disclosure set alarm bells ringing among DUP MPs, who were previously assured that no new trade barriers would appear between Northern Ireland and mainland Great Britain after Brexit. “[This is a] clear breach of UK Government commitment in Joint Report of 2017 to allow unfettered access to GB market for NI businesses,” reacted DUP MP Sammy Wilson in a message on Twitter. “How can any Conservative & Unionist MP argue this does not represent a border in the Irish Sea?!” added the MP for East Antrim. Under Mr Johnson’s Brexit deal, a Northern Irish carrier, such as a lorry driver, would have to submit an “exit summary declaration” before it was allowed to cross the Irish sea and into the rest of the UK. – Telegraph (£) Britain will still be subject to EU law during implementation period under Government’s Brexit Bill Britons will be subject to the rulings made by judges on the European Court of Justice despite leaving the European Union at the end of Oct 31. The European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill makes clear that it replaces the European Communities Act 1972 which gave effect to the UK’s membership of the European Economic Community. However it also makes clear that the Act, which means that the UK is subject to the ECJ, “continues to have effect in domestic law”. The Government published the Bill, which runs to 110 pages, accompanied by a further 124 pages of explanatory notes, late last night in the Commons. MPs have expressed concern that the EU could pass new laws during the transition period. The UK will retain the same formal ability to challenge new laws as it did as a member state. But explanatory notes published alongside the Bill make clear that “it will be necessary to ensure that the EU Treaties and other EU law continues to apply in the UK during the implementation period”. The same applies to EU laws. The notes added that “news pieces of directly applicable EU law that are introduced during the implementation period will continue to apply automatically within the UK”. – Telegraph (£) Sajid Javid accused of ‘flying blind’ as he refuses to publish economic assessment of the Brexit deal The Chancellor sparked anger as he told MPs on the Treasury Committee that the deal thrashed out by Boris Johnson “cannot be measured solely through spreadsheets”. Interim committee chair Catherine McKinnell had demanded to know whether the Government has updated its analysis from 2018, when officials modelled a host of possible Brexit outcomes including backing former Prime Minister Theresa May’s EU deal. But, in a letter to the committee, Mr Javid said the 2018 analysis had been “intentionally long-term in nature” and “did not seek to predict how the UK economy will actually perform in future”. And he said the potential free trade agreement modelled by the Treasury at the time – seen as the closest to Mr Johnson’s current proposed deal – “does not correspond to the agreement we will be seeking”. The Chancellor wrote: “My starting point is that agreeing the Withdrawal Agreement is self-evidently in our economic interest. It would bring an end to the damaging uncertainty and delay of the past years, and allow businesses to get on with taking decisions, including around recruitment and investment.” While he promised to keep MPs “updated throughout those discussions”, he mounted a defence of the decision not to publish a study. “My last point is to say that trust in democracy and bringing an end to the division that has characterised this debate over the past three years, is something that cannot be measured solely through spreadsheets or impact assessments, important though they are,” he added. “Respecting the referendum and closing this chapter so we can focus on delivering growth and the public services people deserve, is the right thing to do for our country.” – PoliticsHome Johnson’s hopes of meeting his Brexit deadline take a hit as MEPs shelve vote on deal Boris Johnson’s hopes of getting us out of the EU on October 31 took a hit yesterday as MEPs scrapped plans to ratify his deal this week. The EU Parliament shelved a vote set to take place on Thursday due to the “chaos” in the Commons caused by Remainer MPs. And with the deadline looming France and Germany publicly split over whether or not to grant Britain another extension and on what terms. Brexit negotiator Guy Verhofstadt said MEPs would wait until the package is “fully ratified” by Westminster before giving the final sign off. EU Parliament chiefs concluded at a meeting in Strasbourg yesterday that now won’t happen this week. That means an emergency session – which could even take place on Halloween – will be needed to rush the deal through if the Commons gives it the green light. Paris and Berlin laid bare the splits between Member States over whether to grant a three-month extension to avoid No Deal. – The Sun It’s high time the UK decided what it wants, says key Merkel ally… It is impossible for the European Union to tell whether the Government or Parliament speaks for Britain on Brexit, one of Angela Merkel’s closest allies has said. Peter Altmaier, the German economics minister, said it was high time Britain decided what it wanted. “What we need is clarity and we need it quickly,” Mr Altmaier told German public radio. “At the moment, the hardest thing is that we don’t know who actually speaks for the UK. Is it the Government or is it the elected Parliament?” He warned that the EU’s patience with Britain is running out after the House of Commons again failed to vote on the Brexit deal struck by Boris Johnson in Brussels last week. “Some are calling for new elections, others for a second referendum, others for a so-called confirmatory referendum on the deal,” he said. “I believe that the EU is entitled to ask that this great and important country, which will continue to be a close partner for us, says for once what is its preferred option.” Mr Altmaier, a Merkel loyalist, indicated that her government would not oppose a further delay if it avoided a no deal Brexit. – Telegraph (£) …as he says the EU would agree to a further Brexit delay Germany’s economic affairs minister has wholeheartedly backed the option of a Brexit extension beyond 31 October, as the European parliament pulled plans to hold a vote on Boris Johnson’s deal this week. Peter Altmaier, a key ally of the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, said he believed a technical extension would be offered to allow extra time for legislation to pass or a longer period to accommodate a general election or second referendum. “We have already twice agreed to an extension. I have repeatedly said as my own opinion I am not ideologically opposed to extending again a few days or a few weeks if you then get a good solution that excludes a hard Brexit,” Altmaier said. “If the British are to opt for one of the longer-term options, that is new elections or a new referendum, then it goes without saying that the European Union should do it, for me anyway.” The likelihood of an extension beyond 31 October increased after the European parliament’s Brexit steering group recommended that a planned vote on the deal, scheduled for Thursday, should be suspended in light of developments in the Commons. The parliament has a veto on any agreement. – Guardian Ministers soften Brexit deadline in adverts, sparking fears a delay has already been privately conceded Ministers have downgraded the October 31 deadline on the ‘Get Ready for Brexit’ adverts – sparking fears the Government has already privately conceded a Brexit delay. The ads and dedicated campaign website that advises the public how to prepare for a No Deal Brexit has changed its wording and now states: “We could still leave with no deal on 31 October.” The words have altered from earlier this month when they stated: “The UK is due to leave on 31 October.” The softening on the departure date comes despite Boris Johnson repeatedly insisting that Britain will still leave on October 31 amid Parliamentary shenanigans designed to delay, frustrate and reverse Brexit. He hopes to pass the Withdrawal Agreement Bill that implements his Brexit deal by October 31 but has insisted Britain will still leave if MPs refuse to approve it. And at the weekend Michael Gove triggered the Government’s contingency plan for leaving without a deal – warning that the failure of MPs to vote for the PM’s deal on Saturday had made No Deal more likely on October 31. – The Sun Scottish judges delay a decision on Johnson’s Brexit extension tactics Scottish judges have delayed a decision on whether Boris Johnson could be in contempt of court to see if he fully complies with the legislation that required him to ask for a Brexit extension. Lord Carloway, the country’s most senior judge, said the case would be continued, to a date to be set, until the Prime Minister’s obligations under the so-called Benn Act had been fulfilled. The Remain campaigners who brought the case said the ruling kept a “Sword of Damocles” hanging over the PM in the coming days. The three judges hearing the case were told by Aidan O’Neill QC, for the campaigners, that they accepted the PM had asked for extra time. But he also said Mr Johnson was “sailing close to the wind” in terms of attempting to “frustrate” the legislation after sending an unsigned letter to Brussels asking for an extension, along with a signed letter saying he believed a further delay would be a mistake. The UK Government had previously assured the court that Mr Johnson would comply with the legislation, which seeks to avoid a no-deal Brexit, and would not seek to frustrate it. The Act also requires Mr Johnson to accept an extension if it is offered by Brussels. – Telegraph (£) Blow to Nigel Farage as Brexit Party candidate resigns One of the Brexit Party’s general election candidates has quit as Nigel Farage’s group continues to split over Boris Johnson’s deal with Brussels. The resignation will boost Conservative hopes that they can see off the party in any forthcoming general election. The Brexit Party played down the development yesterday, saying that the candidate was “one out of 600” selected. However, sources admitted that apparent support for Mr Johnson’s deal from some of the party’s own MEPs had not been “helpful”. On Saturday, when MPs had been expected to vote on the deal, Lucy Harris, a Brexit Party MEP for Yorkshire and the Humber, tweeted: “Let’s hope parliament delivers on my birthday.” A party source insisted the differences were “tactical not strategic”. The source said the party’s MEPs still supported what the Brexit Party calls a “clean break” with the EU and suggested some had been influenced by comments by John Baron, a Eurosceptic Tory MP, who hinted that Mr Johnson’s deal could result in a hard Brexit. A spokesman confirmed that a candidate had resigned but added: “It is one out of 600. We have had more who have had to resign [for other reasons].” – The Times (£) William Hague: Tories must unite and stop Labour’s plot to wreck Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal Having written about how anxious Boris Johnson would be to close a deal with the European Union, even I was surprised by how far he was prepared to go to make sure of it. His change of policy to permit some customs checks between Northern Ireland and Great Britainsimultaneously made the deal with Brussels possible, but carrying it through Parliament more difficult. He did the right thing, in his own political interest but also in the national interest. The deal he agreed is the best that can be achieved in the extremely difficult circumstances of a divided Parliament and an imminent deadline. Of course, countless objections to it can be made, but 40 months on from the referendum, and with mounting economic uncertainty beginning to take a toll on jobs as well as investment, it is time to make a clear decision on a deal that has been exhaustively negotiated. For the DUP, the separate treatment of Northern Ireland is unacceptable. Yet when Theresa May went to the extreme length of keeping the whole of the UK in a closer arrangement with the EU to save them from this outcome, they were emphatically against that as well. They are also against leaving without a deal. Did it not occur to them when they campaigned for Brexit that it would be very likely to entail one of the three outcomes they are now against? For anyone who does not want to see Jeremy Corbyn in Downing Street – described by a resigning Jewish Labour MP last week as “a danger to the country” – a negotiated Brexit and a re-assembled Conservative Party is what is needed. As of today, those objectives are within reach. – Lord Hague for the Telegraph (£) Steve Baker and Mark Francois: We Eurosceptics have fought for years to live in a free country. Woe betide any MP who tries to stop that Tomorrow, 22 October, is D-9. Within just over a week, if Parliament co-operates, we could finally leave the European Union at Halloween. Contrary to some accounts, the ERG is quite a democratic organisation. Prior to each key vote, the officers have usually given recommendation, which we have then debated but on the basis that, ultimately, it is up to each individual ERG colleague to look into their hearts and decide what is best for their country. We followed this procedure again last Saturday, when the officers, led by the two of us, recommended approval of the Prime Minister’s deal. While the negotiations were still “in the tunnel” we both set an “acid test” for whatever came out of the talks – did the deal mean that we actually left the European Union, or not? We also established our own negotiating team, to put across our concerns to No 10 during the talks, to avoid a fait accompli. Our team comprised of IDS, as a former party leader, Sir Bill Cash, as our undisputed legal expert and the two of us. During our discussions, we achieved several assurances on the deal, which were subsequently included in the Withdrawal Agreement Implementation Bill (the WAIB) which was published yesterday. In summary, at Halloween, we finally leave the European Union and its institutions. We withdraw from the Customs Union and the Single Market; we revoke The European Communities Act 1972 (which previously gave EU law legal effect over UK Law) and we withdraw our MEPs (even Anne Widdecombe!) from the European Parliament. In other words, we’re out. So, our “acid test” is met. On that basis we were content to recommend approval to our ERG colleagues. We Eurosceptics, have fought all these years, so that we could live in a free country, which elects its own government and makes its own laws – and then lives in peace under them. This deal gives us the opportunity to do exactly that. If Parliament approves it – we will be living in a free country again in just nine days’ time. Woe betide any MP, who tries to stop that. – Steve Baker MP and Mark Francois MP for the Telegraph (£) Michael Deacon: Biased? Moi? As Tory Brexiteers fumed, John Bercow was in his element John Bercow has only 10 days left as Speaker. But you can be sure he’s going to make the absolute most of them. He’s going to suck up every last drop of sweet, sweet drama, like a small boy slurping the dregs of a slushy. This afternoon Boris Johnson hoped to hold a vote on his Brexit deal. But to do so, he needed the permission of the Speaker. Mr Bercow sprang importantly to his feet, unfurled the manuscript of his ruling, and proceeded, with booming aplomb, to declaim. He clearly loves moments like this. Which is presumably why he draws them out so long. It’s like watching some crucial moment of The X Factor: the way Simon Cowell makes everyone wait and wait to hear his decision, the studio audience holding its breath, the contestants’ foreheads icy with sweat – and then nonchalantly announces his verdict, the fans erupting as he sits back and surveys his kingdom with a look of cat-like satisfaction. Today Mr Bercow had been addressing a hushed Commons for a full six minutes before he at last confirmed that, no, on this occasion he would not permit a vote (on the grounds of “the so-called ‘same question convention’, which dates back to 1604…”). Indignant Tories hopped up and down. – Michael Deacon for the Telegraph (£) Asa Bennett: Boris Johnson should thank John Bercow for becoming the face of Brexit delay On the face of it, Saturday should have been an utter humiliation for Boris Johnson: the Prime Minister who said he would prefer to be “dead in a ditch” than obey the “Surrender Bill” by asking EU leaders to delay Brexit did exactly that. But Mr Johnson can credibly argue that he would not have done it if Parliament had not tied his hands so eagerly. There has been little Remainer MPs have not been able to get away with under the watch of John Bercow in their efforts to derail, drag down and delay whatever the Prime Minister wants to do. The Benn Act was only pushed through at breakneck speech by MPs with the blessing of Mr Bercow. Just as the PM hoped to get around the legal requirement to seek a Brexit delay by securing Parliament’s approval for his deal, the Speaker allowed Sir Oliver Letwin’s amendment to be considered which effectively neutered his attempt by withholding any approval until the legislation behind it had been passed. When the Government tried again today, hoping it could have a clean run at taking the temperature of the House of Commons, Speaker Bercow did not hesitate to reject the idea as he told ministers to listen to Sir Oliver Letwin’s instruction – as endorsed by MPs – to focus on the Withdrawal Agreement Bill instead. And any defence they might have had was dismissed out of hand as “not persuasive”. That intervention may not be a massive shock, given that Mr Bercow was only too happy to stop Theresa May trying to put the same deal to Parliament without any big changes (yet his principle does not extend to the endless Remainer amendments demanding the same things like a customs union and another referendum). What Leave voters will have seen is that Mr Johnson tried yet again to move on with Brexit, only to be rebuffed by Parliament. – Asa Bennett for the Telegraph (£) Robert Colvile: Boris Johnson’s deal leaves Remainers floundering Over the coming days the forces of Remain will throw everything they can at Boris Johnson. Today’s vote on the withdrawal agreement bill will be followed by days of intense parliamentary skirmishing as they try desperately to prevent its passage by the October 31 deadline. Yet however innovative their tactics they find themselves in a strategic environment that hugely favours the prime minister — in which almost everything they do, even if it thwarts Johnson in the short term, writes his script for him in the long term. In particular, Remainers feel like a football team that has practised diligently all week to counter its opponents’ usual tactics, only to find them lining up in a completely unexpected formation. We were told, again and again, that the overwhelming priority was to avoid a damaging no-deal Brexit. Hence the Benn act. Hence the refusal to call an election. Except that Johnson now has a deal. A deal which looks, on initial polling evidence, to be supported overwhelmingly by Leave voters, by Conservative voters and even by Brexit Party voters. Which has the endorsement of Dublin and Brussels, the European Research Group and the bulk of the 21 suspended Tory rebels. Which fulfils, as best anything realistically can, the desire of the British public just to get the damn thing done. Brexit now means Boris’s Brexit. Obstructing or delaying the deal means obstructing or delaying Brexit. Those who do so may well be acting out of deeply held conviction. But they’re going to have to do it without any disguise. – Robert Colvile for The Times (£) Rob Wilson: Brexit has once again turned into the John Bercow show John Bercow has had a mixed day In Parliament today. On the one hand, the Parliamentary complaints system is now open to historic allegations on bullying and sexual harassment following the Dame Laura Cox Report. Should we be feeling sorry for Mr Speaker, John Bercow, about this as he could potentially be in the firing line with several complaints no doubt finding their way into Parliament’s in-tray? Of course not, because hopefully we will finally get to the bottom of the allegations made to Newsnight and elsewhere. Mr Bercow must be aware of an investigations ‘ability to further tarnish his already tarnished reputation. History will not look upon his period in the chair with any admiration. But, it hasn’t all been bad for him today as there is nothing more the Speaker loves than the limelight; he lives for moments when he can hog all the publicity in nation’s proceedings. Today he was able to enjoy one of those moments, with the sound of his own voice reverberating around Commons Chamber for long periods, with the full attention of the national media, as he once again took centre stage in the Brexit debate and its proceedings in Parliament. – Rob Wilson for the Telegraph (£) The Sun: Voting to stay in an EU customs union is a vote to stop Brexit — not soften it Do not be duped by weasel politicians. A vote to stay in an EU customs union is a vote not to soften Brexit but to stop it. Ditching it is almost the entire point of Boris Johnson’s deal. Under Theresa May’s we could have been trapped in it forever, unable to do global trade deals. To put it back into the agreement kills it. Not least because the deal agreed with Brussels is merely the mechanism by which we leave — it is not meant to determine our future relationship. One Labour MP vows to support Boris’s Bill, then back this amendment destroying it. If the public considers MPs ocean-going idiots, this is why. But the EU should help get the deal over the line by rejecting the extension Remainers forced the PM to request. MPs would have to pass it or revoke Brexit. They lack the guts for the latter. – The Sun says Leo McKinstry: Caroline Flint is a shining beacon of valour and proves just how shameful the rest of her Labour party are acting Labour have plumbed new depths of shameless hypocrisy and cynical opportunism by opting for yet more delay and confusion instead of backing Boris Johnson’s deal. But amidst all this deceit, one senior Labour figure has stood out for her heroic determination to honour the referendum verdict. Caroline Flint, the long-serving MP for Don Valley in Yorkshire, was among the six brave Labour rebels who backed the Prime Minister in the crucial vote on Saturday. And she was certainly the most impressive of this courageous band, distinguished not only by her record as a former Minister but also her willingness to speak out in defiance of her party’s stance. At the last General Election in 2017, Labour promised to “respect the result of the referendum.” But since, they have done everything they can to undermine that historic decision. The Commons may have become the House of Cowards in blocking Brexit, but Flint is a shining beacon of valour. – Leo McKinstry for The Sun Brexit in Brief Who would want to be the child of a politician in this febrile Brexit era? – Rosa Prince for the Telegraph (£) Boris Johnson’s post-Brexit vision is the real winner of this saga – Stephen Pollard for the Express The Englishman’s Betrayal – Paul Goodman for ConservativeHome Back Labour’s fair offer for all to prevent sell-out Brexit deal – John McDonnell MP for the Mirror Tory MP Daniel Kawczynski defends bid to get Poland to veto Brexit delay – Sky News