Theresa May to reveal sector-by-sector Brexit plan to businesses The Prime Minister is expected to outline what relationship Whitehall is seeking sector-by-sector when she speaks to the Confederation of British Industry a week tomorrow. It has been suggested that the UK could try to stay within the customs union for manufactured goods or just for the car industry, where supply chains are strung out across the Continent. Experts said Ministers could try to get an ‘enhanced equivalence’ deal on financial services too, which would enable UK banks and insurers to cater to continental clients when their single market. – Mail on Sunday Two-thirds of voters oppose a ‘blind-date Brexit’ – The Observer Boris Johnson snubs today’s emergency EU talks on Trump victory Boris Johnson is to snub an emergency meeting of EU foreign ministers to discuss Donald Trump… His decision to miss Sunday’s meeting highlights a gulf between Europe and the UK on how to respond to the Republican taking the White House… A Foreign Office spokesman said: “The Foreign Secretary will not attend the meeting convened for Sunday. There is a regular Foreign Affairs Council meeting on Monday where a range of issues can be discussed in the normal way. – Sky News Donald Trump’s deputy puts call with Boris Johnson top of his list – Sunday Express Farage is first UK politician to meet Trump since election – BBC Farage says Trump and May can make trade deal despite differences – Sunday Express Theresa May says world must change after shock Brexit vote in UK and Trump’s win in the US The world must change to meet the wave of popular uprising which catapulted Donald Trump to power and brought Brexit, Theresa May will say tomorrow. She will urge international leaders to bury their liberal attitudes and address the concerns of the masses. The PM believes governments everywhere must heed the message millions of ordinary working folk have delivered at the ballot box this year. In a keynote speech, she will say that people power has transformed the world – and politicians must change tack or be driven out of office. – The Sun on Sunday Britain’s plan to tame Trump A secret memo from the British ambassador to the United States has laid bare how the UK plans to shape Donald Trump’s presidency so he helps to boost Britain’s national interests. In a leaked telegram, written just as Trump was surging to victory last week, Sir Kim Darroch boasted that the UK is the best placed of any nation to steer the new president’s foreign policy and encourage his more extreme ideas to “evolve”. The “president-elect is above all an outsider and unknown quantity, whose campaign pronouncements may reveal his instincts, but will surely evolve and, particularly, be open to outside influence if pitched right,” he wrote. “Having, we believe, built better relationships with his team than have the rest of the Washington diplomatic corps, we should be well placed to do this.” – Sunday Times (£) Diplomatic telegram from Sir Kim Darroch, British ambassador to Washington, November 9 – Sunday Times (£) Nick Clegg accuses Liam Fox of ‘misleading Parliament’ over trade deals with Brussels after we leave the EU The former Liberal Democrat leader has attacked International Trade Secretary Liam Fox after he told MPs that a deal could be struck in a simple one-off negotiation with the EU’s ruling Council of Ministers. Dr Fox made the claim to the House of Commons European Scrutiny Committee on October 26, saying it could be achieved with the ‘minimum of fuss’. Now, Mr Clegg has written to Dr Fox asking him to ‘clarify those assertions’. – Mail on Sunday Here’s a chance for Mrs May to build a stronger, safer Europe – Nick Clegg MP for the Sunday Times (£) Banks evidently now accepting that Brexit means leaving the single market Britain’s biggest banks have sent the strongest signal yet that the industry is preparing for the UK to leave the EU’s single market, as they urged the Chancellor to fight for passporting rights and influence from outside the bloc. The British Bankers’ Association (BBA) has used its Autumn Statement submission to call for clarity on possible “transitional arrangements” with the EU as well as a transparent negotiation timetable and the “establishment of regulatory co-operation mechanisms”. – Sunday Telegraph Boris Johnson raises concerns as Government considers abandoning 2023 European Capital of Culture duties Boris Johnson fears Britain’s post-Brexit reputation will be damaged by a cabinet colleague’s proposal to withdraw from a major European competition, The Sunday Telegraph has learnt. The Foreign Secretary has written to Karen Bradley, the Culture Secretary, over suggestions that the UK should abandon its obligation to host the 2023 European Capital of Culture… The Culture Department is considering pulling Britain out of the competition because 2023 is four years after the country is expected to leave the EU. The competition is currently only for EU nations. – Sunday Telegraph City of London’s tallest tower to be built despite Brexit fears Ministers and Eurosceptics have praised an announcement that developers are pushing ahead with constructing the tallest building in the City of London despite concerns over Brexit. Axa Investment Managers Real Assets, the company behind the tower at 22 Bishopsgate, had said before the EU referendum they would “revisit the options” if the country backed Brexit. However the firm has now pledged to push ahead with its original plans, saying London will remain “one of the leading global centres for international business”. – Sunday Telegraph John Rentoul: The Brexit court case is a huge distraction – what matters is the talks with EU leaders Instead of worrying about a court case of no consequence, we ought to be trying to find out what EU leaders and MEPs think about our future trading arrangements. Everything I have heard recently from people who know more about continental politics than me suggests that Britain will be out in the cold. They don’t want to punish us, but it is in their interest to make sure that leaving the EU does not look like an attractive option for their peoples. – John Rentoul for The Independent The Sun Says: Remainers are being hypocritical about ‘upholding democracy’ They say they want MPs to vote on Article 50 because they are so concerned with upholding Parliamentary sovereignty — but spend their political lives plotting to overturn the referendum and keep us in the EU. Which has destroyed Parliamentary sovereignty. All they’re really interested in doing is overturning the referendum result. The Lib Dems can’t even stick to the principles of their own name. – The Sun Says Peter Wilding: As Churchill said of his pudding, his Brexit ‘has no theme’ As an organisation advocating a “smart Brexit” (leaving the EU to lead in the world), [British Influence] recently began a programme of meetings with every EU member state ambassador to analyse how Brexit is being perceived in the capital cities of Europe.The feedback so far has so alarmed us we have today published an interim report outlining the reoccurring themes in those meetings; that the UK is “in retreat” diplomatically, is rapidly losing the respect of our European partners and is throwing away our ability to deliver a successful Brexit. – Peter Wilding for the Sunday Times (£) Jeremy Clarkson: Pipe down and come with me on a tour of Trump’s Britain [My friends] cannot understand why we are having to leave the EU, because everyone they ever meet, in every pastry shop and at every dinner party and on the touchline of every school sports pitch, wanted to remain. I’ve tried mentioning Barnsley, but to them it’s the pretty little Cotswold village they pass through on the way to Babington House. “Liz Hurley used to live there,” they say, wondering why my eyes are rolling. – Jeremy Clarkson for the Sunday Times (£) Brexit comment in brief The parallels between Brexit and Trump are eerie – Robert Colvile for CapX The fate of a tolerant, democratic Europe lies in Trump’s hands – Natalie Nougayrède for The Observer Brexit news in brief Why the deal Britain wants makes no sense – Guy Verhofstadt MEP interviewed by Business Insider High Court victor Gina Miller backs Sturgeon in battle over Brexit – Scotland on Sunday Boris Johnson will not have to share Chevening with David Davis and Liam Fox – Mail on Sunday Lego boycotting advertising in papers with ‘divisive’ Brexit headlines – ITV News Fishermen hope to see Brexit net benefits – Sky News Theresa May’s India charm offensive leaves many unmoved – BBC And finally… More mince pies for all as price of Christmas food drops despite fears Brexit would bump it up Shoppers will bag Christmas nosh for less dosh this year – despite fears that Brexit -sparked price rises would cook our goose. The price of staples like turkey, mince pies and champagne have dropped as rival supermarkets battle to see who can make their tills jingle loudest. – Sunday Mirror