Sign up here to receive the daily news briefing in your inbox every morning with exclusive insight from the BrexitCentral team Government publishes first no-deal Brexit papers… Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab has set out what he called “practical and proportionate” advice in case the UK leaves the EU with no deal.The guidance includes instructions for businesses who could face extra paperwork at borders and contingency plans to avoid medicine shortages. Britons visiting the EU could also face extra credit card charges.Ministers say reaching a deal is their top priority but that “short term disruption” is possible without one.BBC political correspondent Chris Mason described the publication as a “vast swirling porridge of detail – much of it at a technical level, advising individual industries about the manner in which they are regulated in the event of a no-deal Brexit”…Mr Raab said reaching a deal with the EU was the “overriding priority” and “by far the most likely outcome” but that “we must be ready to consider the alternative”. – BBC News No-deal Brexit papers: Britain to impose duties on EU imports and treat members like ‘third countries’ – Telegraph (£) Dominic Raab starts ‘blame game’ with Brussels before no-deal plans – The Times (£) Brits who lived and worked abroad in Europe are at risk of losing their pensions in a No Deal Brexit – The Sun Vague’ planning documents show government not ready for no deal Brexit, says Labour – Guardian > Watch on BrexitCentral’s YouTube Channel: Dominic Raab launches the first no-deal Brexit papers Jonathan Isaby reacts to Dominic Raab’s speech on Sky News …as Dominic Raab hits out at “hair-raising scare stories” about a no-deal Brexit Dominic Raab lashed out at “hair-raising scare stories” about a no deal Brexit at a press conference with Michel Barnier on Tuesday, as the EU’s chief negotiator warned that Brussels would not accept the blame for failure to strike an agreement….“These hair-raising scare stories [of chaotic Brexit] are very far from the truth,” he said before vowing to address the concerns in more detail in a speech on Thursday, when the government plans to publish 84 notices to help various sectors prepare for no deal on Thursday. He added, “our actions speak louder than words” as the two men revealed they would meet again next week in Brussels in a bid to overcome some of the sticking points preventing a deal. – Telegraph (£) …while London and Brussels agree to step up the pace of negotiations… Michel Barnier last night officially ripped up the wobbly October deadline for a Brexit deal, admitting nothing will be agreed until November. Tense exit talks in Brussels will now run “continuously” until then to try and get a deal done as negotiations enter “the final phase.”Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab travelled to Brussels for talks yesterday with his EU counterpart and said afterwards: “I’m confident we can reach that agreement in October.” But moments later the EU’s chief negotiator left the Brit stone-faced by saying any deal would be actually be done “not much later than November, certainly”. Both sides widely believed the deadline of an October summit of EU leaders was under threat, but had not said so publicly until last night. EU leaders are mulling an emergency Brexit summit for that month to sort the issue with time for the UK and European parliaments to approve the terms before exit day next March. – The Sun Barnier promises to intensify ‘final stage’ of Brexit talks – FT (£) …amidst speculation that Michel Barnier could be sidelined as the talks go to the wire Michel Barnier has had an incredible run as the EU’s Brexit negotiator. But starting now, his luck and limelight are running out. We may be about to hit peak Barnier. Certainly, the U.K. wants to see the back of what they regard as Barnier’s inflexibility. It now has a Brexit secretary, in Dominic Raab, who shows up; and on Thursday the government will release its first batch of detailed contingency plans for no deal. Across Europe, touring British ministers have spent the summer whipping up headlines about trade chaos and lost jobs the day after a no-deal Brexit. And at the European Parliament, MEPs see their right to veto any Brexit deal as a chance to seize more power for their institution within the EU system. Barnier now has competition and it will only get tougher from here on in. – Politico David Davis tells Ann Widdecombe no-deal is ‘better’ than remaining in the EU David Davis has said he backs a no-deal Brexit as it would be “better than remaining in the Union” after Dominic Raab announced the UK’s preparations for leaving the EU without a deal. The former Brexit Secretary resigned from his position after rejecting Theresa May’s Chequers proposal, as he thought it “didn’t mean the requirements of the referendum” vote. Davis’ successor Dominic Raab was outlining the plans the UK had in place in case of a no deal Brexit on Thursday. Raab talked through the first 25 of 84 technical notices that have been drawn up to advise industries how to minimise the effects of a no deal. – TalkRadio Jacob Rees-Mogg pens explosive “chuck Chequers” letter to Tory grassroots Influential Tory backbencher Jacob Rees-Mogg has ramped up his opposition to the Prime Minister’s Brexit plan by writing an explosive letter to local Conservative Association chairmen and his parliamentary colleagues urging them to “chuck Chequers”. It comes a fortnight after Theresa May wrote a letter to all Conservative Party members seeking to sell the Chequers proposal as fully respecting the referendum result. But Rees-Mogg’s letter not only insists that the “Chequers proposals would shackle us to the EU forever”, but he also includes a three-page point-by-point rebuttal of May’s letter.The North East Somerset MP, writing to grassroots Tories and fellow MPs in his capacity as European Research Group chairman, states that the Chequers proposal would mean we are “out of Europe yet still run by Europe”. He urges them instead to support “a Canada style free trade agreement with the EU” or a Brexit which would see the UK trade with the EU on WTO terms.- BrexitCentral Theresa May must ‘believe in Britain’ and ‘chuck Chequers’, Jacob Rees-Mogg tells grassroots Tories – Telegraph (£) Liam Fox vows to make the UK an exporting superpower after Brexit… Liam Fox, the international trade secretary, has launched a plan to increase Britain’s exports from 30 per cent to 35 per cent of gross domestic product but did not specify a timeframe or to commit new funds.The new strategy comes at a time of uncertainty for British exporters, with a rise of global protectionism and no agreement yet on relations with the EU after Brexit. New measures include placing more information online and announcing when ministers are to travel overseas, giving companies the chance to piggyback on their visits.The government will also look to introduce new types of loans via UK Export Finance (UKEF), which has committed only £22bn of its £50bn headroom.The Federation of Small Business welcomed the 35 per cent target but said it was “concerning to see a lack of definitive, detailed interventions set out in the strategy”. – FT (£) Liam Fox: We will make Britain an exporting superpower after Brexit – The Times (£) > Watch on BrexitCentral’s YouTube Channel: Liam Fox vows to make the UK an exporting superpower after Brexit …as he secures a major deal for UK dairy in China International Trade Secretary Dr Liam Fox MP today (Thursday 23 August) met with China’s General Administration of Customs to reach an agreement which would allow the import of UK dairy products made with milk from third countries. The agreement is estimated to be worth £240 million over five years to the UK.With demand for most dairy categories growing by more than 20% each year in China, it is one of the country’s fastest growing areas of food demand. The UK exported over £96 million of dairy products to China in 2017, and there has been significant interest in the market following the Prime Minister and Dr Fox’s visit earlier this year.This deal means that producers will have increased flexibility on sourcing the dairy they use for their products.The UK Government is determined to open up agricultural opportunities to British businesses, and today’s announcement follows the Chancellor’s visit to China where he announced a lifting of a two-decades long ban on beef. The deal was expected to be worth £250m. – Gov.UK Jeremy Corbyn refuses six times to say whether Britain will be better off after Brexit… Jeremy Corbyn failed to answer the same Brexit question six times when he was grilled by a TV reporter, during an awkward exchange which was captured on video.The Labour leader was told by the Channel 4 News reporter that he was only going to be asked one Brexit question so he would “very much like him to answer it”. Mr Corbyn said: “I want us to have a good relationship with the European Union. That’s what we have to have in order to maintain jobs in manufacturing supply chains and food processing. “That has to be the priority now, so we have that effective trading relationship including the customs union with the European Union.” The reporter asked again: “Do you honestly believe that Britain will be better off outside the European Union?” circumstances.“And we will negotiate an agreement with the European Union that will do just that, and also ensure we have trading relationships with the rest of the world.”After one last go, Corbyn said: “I’ve answered your question five times and for the sixth time, I will say this to you. The Labour priority is to negotiate a trading relationship with the European Union to protect jobs and defend the living standards that we have through regulation.” – Express …as Labour’s Barry Gardiner says a second referendum would undermine democracy… Holding another referendum on the UK’s EU membership could lead to “civil disobedience”, a shadow minister says. Labour’s Barry Gardiner said calls for another vote undermined “the whole principle of democracy in this country”, warning voters could turn to “more socially disruptive ways of expressing their views”. Both Labour and the Conservatives have ruled out another referendum. – BBC News Labour’s Barry Gardiner talks sense — they will be tainted for ever as the party that betrayed 17.4million people should they force second referendum – The Sun > Watch on BrexitCentral’s YouTube Channel: Scullion: You can’t overturn a vote before implementing it …although Sir Keir Starmer claims a second referendum ‘should be on the table’ Sir Keir Starmer has reignited a Labour war over Brexit after he said the option of a second referendum should be “on the table” if Parliament votes down Theresa May’s deal…Sir Keir said a “people’s vote” should be one of the options available to Parliament.He said: “I don’t think the Prime Minister can simply decide for herself what the future of this country looks like.“I have focused obviously on the vote in Parliament and the meaningful vote.If that vote is to reject the Article 50 deal, Parliament must decide what happens next.In those circumstances it seems to me all options should be on the table.We have not called for a vote on the deal, we have called for a vote in Parliament on the deal.But I accept the proposition that if it is voted down Parliament then decides what happens next and in those circumstances in my experience of the last few years, keep your options on the table, not off the table.” – Telegraph (£) New Brexit referendum should remain ‘on the table’, says Labour – Guardian Labour clears way for backing new referendum if parliament rejects Theresa May’s deal – Independent Labour Brexit chief says second referendum IS on the table as he slaps down Barry Gardiner – The Mirror Labour would ‘absolutely’ oppose a ‘no-deal’ Brexit, says Corbyn Jeremy Corbyn has declared Labour would “absolutely” vote against a “no deal” Brexit in Parliament, as he again failed to state whether he believes Britain will be better outside the EU. The Labour leader insisted his party “would not countenance” the UK leaving the EU without a withdrawal agreement, saying it would be “very, very bad for the whole country”. Mr Corbyn spoke ahead of the government publishing the first batch of papers outlining contingency plans for such a scenario, after Prime Minister Theresa May ordered Whitehall to step up no deal preparations last month. Asked whether there were circumstances in which he would accept a no deal outcome, Mr Corbyn said on Wednesday: “No deal would be a very, very bad for the whole country. – Sky News Jeremy Hunt believes the UK will `survive and prosper´ after Brexit Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said the UK has faced “bigger challenges” than Brexit in the past and will “survive” the process.Mr Hunt, speaking to BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, admitted the chance of a no deal was “not negligible” and warned that the consequences of an “acrimonious, messy divorce” would be “terrible for the EU project”. But “whatever the outcome” of the negotiations, Mr Hunt said he was confident the UK could manage, adding: “We will find a way whatever the outcome to survive and prosper.” He earlier told the programme he was “cautiously optimistic” the UK would get a Brexit deal “in the end”.Mr Hunt said: “The challenge we have is that for EU countries there is a tension between their heart and their head. In their hearts they want to give Britain a good deal because they know how important we have been for the security and prosperity of Europe in the post-war period. “But in their heads they’re worried that if they give us a good deal other countries will follow suit.”He added that the Government under Theresa May’s leadership would “never sign up to a deal that is not consistent with both the letter and the spirit of the referendum” as doing so would be “absolutely fatal for the UK”. – ITV News Jeremy Hunt: No-deal Brexit imperils ‘extremely vulnerable’ Europe – Politico EU bosses don’t want to give us a good deal because other countries will follow us out, Jeremy Hunt says – The Sun Hunt: Get Brexit wrong and relations will crumble for a ‘lifetime’ – Express Wetherspoons boss hits back at claims no-deal Brexit would increase prices JD Wetherspoon chief Tim Martin has issued a response to claims that are no deal breaks it would increase food prices…In fact, the only way in which prices for EU imports can rise post-Brexit is if the UK government itself decides to impose taxes, also known as tariffs, on them – a sure way to lose an election. The EU has no say in the UK’s import taxes after we leave. Provided the government takes the sensible decision to opt for free trade, there would be no extra taxes/tariffs on EU imports. And by deciding not to impose taxes on the EU, there would be no taxes either on non-EU imports – World Trade Organisation (WTO) rules require that all countries are treated in the same way, in the absence of a ‘deal’. The result of the free trade option would be a reduction in prices in shops and pubs, since the EU today charges these invisible taxes on wine, rice, coffee, oranges and over 12,000 other non-EU products.- Caterer, Licensee & Hotelier News MPs demand increase in staffing allowance to cope with Brexit MPs are demanding more expenses as they complain that Brexit has added to their workload, it emerged today.Politicians have been urging the parliamentary watchdog to increase allowances for staffing their offices, which can already be more than £160,000 a year. The calls surfaced in a survey carried out by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (Ipsa). – Daily Mail ‘Brexit Alliance’ vows to deliver full Brexit (or oust Theresa May) A new Brexit-backing alliance of campaign groups and think tanks is being launched today in a fresh attempt to force Theresa May into changing course and delivering a full break with Brussels.The Brexit Advance Coalition will unite 10 organisations including several with close links to the Conservative Party. Get Britain Out, the Bow Group and the Campaign for Conservative Democracy are among those backing a joint declaration of principles. Supporters are planning a series of high-profile meetings and other campaign events over the coming months to raise the call for shift in Government policy towards a more decisive break with the EU than that promised by the Prime Minister’s Brexit plan agreed by ministers last month at her Chequers country retreat. They plan to work with other Brexit-backing forces including Leave Means Leave, a pressure group backed by former Ukip leader Nigel Farage which plans a major relaunch next month, and the European Research Group of Tory MPs lead by the senior backbencher Jacob Rees-Mogg. – Express France slams EU’s no-deal Brexit shipping plans The French Government has blasted a Brussels plan to exclude it from a ‘sea corridor’ connecting Ireland to the continent following a No Deal Brexit They blasted a Brussels plan to exclude France from a new “sea corridor” linking Ireland to the Continent after Brexit if Britain leaves without a deal. French officials fear ports at Cherbourg, Brest and Roscoff could lose out on millions in EU funding if they’re left off the emergency route. And they are begging EU officials to boost traffic to much bigger Calais and Dunkirk which stand to lose out badly from a no deal Brexit. – The Sun People’s Vote campaign accused of ‘extending Project Fear’ over Brexit figures The People’s Vote campaign, which includes several prominent North-East MPs among its supporters, said ten years after leaving the EU, single market and customs union, householders in the county would be £339 worse off. Even a ‘soft’ Brexit – where Britain retained access to the single market – would still leave every person in County Durham anything up to £203 a year worse off. The People’s Vote, which is pushing for a fresh referendum, said it analysed authoritative research by the London School of Economics for its figures. But Jayne Adye, director of cross-party grassroots campaign Get Britain Out, said: “This analysis assumes the UK will not be immediately making and completing free trade arrangements in the post-Brexit era.Leaving the European Union presents the North-East with many opportunities to bolster future economic growth.The North East remains a highly attractive place to do business. In June this year Newcastle, Sunderland and Gateshead were named as some of the most attractive places for foreign investment in the whole of the UK.So this Remain scaremongering is simply an attempt to escalate ‘Project Fear’.” – Northern Echo Liam Fox says ‘tens of thousands’ migration target may face axe Liam Fox has become the latest senior minister to indicate that the government could drop its target of reducing annual net migration to below 100,000. The international trade secretary was lukewarm about the future of the policy, which he said would be reviewed after Britain had left the European Union. “Naturally, as a member of the cabinet, I support the government’s policy,” he told LBC radio yesterday. “But I think we do need to look in the future at how we match our employment opportunities with our migration policy.”Ministers have yet to deliver on a pledge, made in 2010 when Theresa May was home secretary, to reduce net migration from hundreds of thousands to tens of thousands each year. The prime minister preserved the target in last year’s Conservative Party manifesto despite net migration having risen to 282,000 last year. – The Times (£) Theresa May set to water down her vow to end free movement, ‘costing her the keys to No 10’, warns insider – The Sun Downing Street ‘slaps down Liam Fox’ over hint migration target could end – Politics Home Tory MP explains how EFTA model would make UK an EU ‘rule-taker’ Remainer MP Greg Hands has derided the EFTA model as a possibility for Brexit, insisting such an outcome would make Britain a “permanent rule-taker from Brussels” and fails to deliver on the referendum vote.The former international trade minister said joining the European Free Trade Association or European Economic Area would be “ill-informed” even on a temporary basis. There has been growing support for EFTA membership, which is currently comprised of Norway, Iceland, Switzerland and Liechtenstein, as Brexit negotiations in Brussels move closer to a no-deal. However, Mr Hands believe such a move does not respect the EU referendum result and would keep Britain as a Brussels “rule-taker” going forward.”The suggestion that the UK could join the European Free Trade Association or European Economic Area for a transition period, or perhaps for good, is once again doing the rounds in Westminster,” he said. – Express > Greg Hands MP on BrexitCentral: The “EFTA option” would fail to deliver Brexit and make us a permanent rule-taker from Brussels Today’s comment Phil Mullan: No deal is nothing to fear It seems some people need to be reminded that the British people voted to leave at the 2016 EU referendum despite all the catastrophist economic forecasts made by the government and by most of the media. If ever an electorate rejected the ‘It’s the economy, stupid’ cliché, it was when the British withstood the predictions about a Leave vote causing recession and mass unemployment, and voted Leave regardless…People voted Leave not because of their wallets, nor because they were fearful of change. Rather, they had had enough of the particular changes that have been undermining and denigrating them through recent decades – culturally, politically and economically. And most were realistic enough to know – certainly much better than the elites fantasise – that positive change cannot happen without some disruption, even some personal short-term financial repercussions. – Phil Mullan for Spiked Kate Hoey: We must not allow the Remainers to betray the people So all the promises made about the result being final and that it would be honoured were made by politicians who never believed that the British public could possibly ignore their dire warnings. In the immediate aftermath of the referendum those, like myself who had campaigned hard to leave, undoubtedly took our eyes off the ball.We were exhilarated, filled with positive feelings about our country’s future outside the EU and so proud of those wonderful men and women across the country who despite the entire establishment urging a Remain vote went out and voted for an independent future for the UK.We were even more proud of the millions who came along to the huge rallies and told us, some with tears in their eyes, that for the first time they believed that it was worth voting. I too believed that the promises made by politicians and enacted in the referendum legislation would be respected.Yet two years later that same establishment backed by much of the broadcast media is bombarding us with messages of fear. Every day another “celebrity” pops up to support a “people’s vote” – shorthand for another referendum. Their aim is to demoralise and frighten, hoping that more and more people will just accept a watering down of the 2016 result. – Kate Hoey MP for the Express Gawain Towler: Nigel Farage changed the Tories’ tune on Europe from the outside, and he can do so again The announcement that Nigel Farage is back, like a Home Counties, Savile Row Terminator has to be the most unsurprising news of the political year. He has been publicly toying with the idea for months and the announcement and details of the Prime Minister’s Chequers agreement made it inevitable. Farage didn’t spend 20 years of his life just to sit back and let a slick bunch of establishment cronies and apparatchiks destroy his life’s work, and disappoint the 17.4 million people who put their faith in the country, and its ability to deal with anything the world can throw at it. Ukip is rising in the polls again. That existential threat is becoming real again. Farage knows this, and by taking up the cudgels again, he is doing exactly the right thing to make it happen. – Gawain Towler for the Telegraph (£) Matthew Lynn: Greece’s economic misery is far from over Leaving the bail-out program is not going to fix that. Sure, the Greek government can borrow money again on its own. But it is not as if people are going to be queuing up to lend to it (bankers have short memories, but not that short). In fact, borrowing too much was part of what got it into this mess in the first place. Greece is now left with a hollowed out industrial base, a de-skilled workforce, a devastated small business sector and some of the most punishing taxes in the EU: at 24 per cent it has one of the highest VAT rates in Europe, corporation tax is 29 per cent, and personal taxes of 45 per cent kick in at a mere 40,000 euros, with social charges on top. Economies don’t recover when they are crashed by all that. In fact, what Greece requires is fairly simple. It needs a devalued currency to massively inflate demand, increase tourism and boost exports, while at the same time using its own currency to slash taxes and increase spending. It is the same kind of program Italy’s ‘populist’ government is hoping to introduce. But it can’t do whilst it is stuck with the euro. A few bureaucrats in Brussels might celebrate Greece ending the bail-out. In truth, they should keep the ouzo on hold. It is only when the country at least suspends its membership of the single currency, and takes back control of its own economy, that there will be anything worth cheering. – Matthew Lynn for The Spectator Asa Bennett: Michel Barnier cannot escape the blame if he fails to get a Brexit deal Eurocrats will see the clock ticking on the final months of Britain’s membership like a time-bomb. Although Monsieur Barnier is not able to stop it ticking down, he can cushion Brussels from its potential impact through the terms he hammers out on Britain’s exit, and its future relationship.Failing to do so will leave European leaders to deal with the fallout. The £39 billion they would have to get out of their own taxpayers, due to the British not shouldering the cost, would be just the start. Such blowback would not make Monsieur Barnier look in Brussels like someone who should be rewarded with a more august position.The Frenchman, typically insouciance personified when talking about Brexit, was distinctly nervy yesterday during his latest update on the talks at the European Commission. “To be very frank, I do see a blame game starting against the EU in case of a no deal,” he told reporters. “The EU will not be impressed by a blame game and everyone should understand that,” he added.His angst is understandable, given that he had to admit that he would fail to nail down a deal in time for the October deadline he originally envisaged. Instead, he hoped that it would be sorted by November, “but not much later than that certainly.” If it isn’t, Monsieur Barnier cannot expect to emerge blameless. – Asa Bennett for the Telegraph Andrew Gimson: The arguments for and against Brexit are presented with an insulting show of certainty During the referendum, one found the same reliance on economic assertions expressed with bogus certainty. Forecasts were passed off as facts. The Remainers told us exactly how much it would cost each man, woman and child to leave the EU, while the Leavers told us exactly how much money we would save by leaving, and could therefore spend on the NHS. – Andrew Gimson for Conservative Home George Eustice: I’m a former UKIP candidate. I backed fundamental renegotiation. But I support the Chequers proposals. Here’s why. The Chequers proposal would enable us to have full control of our own fishing waters; full control of our agriculture policy; our own independent immigration policy and our own trade policy. The supremacy of EU law would end, but free trade would continue. In order to minimise border checks, we would agree to some regulatory alignment, or a common rule book with the EU on a narrow set of issues around technical product standards, but we would be outside the wider single market legislation. The context has changed in another fundamental way. In 2016, in a renegotiation, we could only really secure what the EU was willing to grant. Now the roles have reversed. Parliament has already passed into law the EU Withdrawal Act which will repeal the 1972 European Communities Act and end the supremacy of EU law in March next year.In the final analysis, we do not need permission from the EU to leave. The referendum result was a decision to leave, not a negotiation to leave. All that we are really negotiating at the moment are the terms of a future partnership, so the baseline for these negotiations is completely different. Insofar as there are “negotiability” problems, then all that is affected is the scope of the future partnership, rather than the fact that we are leaving. – George Eustice for Conservative Home Allister Heath: George Osborne was right about one thing: Britain needs a radical Brexit budget How wrong can anybody be? It was just a little over two years ago, in an alien political universe, that George Osborne was threatening the electorate with a masochistic punishment beating were they to have the temerity to back Brexit. Merely voting Leave – as opposed to actually extricating ourselves from the EU – would cause an almost immediate “DIY recession” and a £30 billion “black hole” in the public finances, our then chancellor claimed. This would necessitate a kamikaze “emergency Budget”. Income and inheritance taxes would shoot up, and NHS spending would be slashed: Project Fear succeeded in scaring some into voting Remain, based on the shoddiest piece of economic forecasting since the collapse of Lehman Brothers. By now, two years on from the referendum, house prices “would be hit by at least 10 per cent and as much as 18 per cent”, Osborne said. “As many as 820,000 jobs [would have been] lost” and “youth unemployment would [have risen] by over 10 per cent”, all caused by the demagogic claim that “a vote to leave will push our economy into a recession”. – Allister Heath for the Telegraph (£) Leo McKinstry: Borrowing down and employment up in Brexit UK The good economic news keeps coming for the Government. Last week official figures showed a record-breaking increase in job creation, after reports this month of a surge in exports and faster-than-expected growth. Now we learn that the public finances are increasingly healthy. The Office for National Statistics has revealed a plunge in borrowing by the state down to £12.8billion so far in this financial year, compared with £21.3billion in the same period last year. Last month saw the biggest current account surplus for July in 18 years with tax receipts outstripping expenditure by no less than £2billion. On every fiscal front the picture is bright. – Leo McKinstry for the Express Comment in Brief Why we won’t starve and planes will take off – Ross Clark for the Daily Mail Theresa May is showing how thorny a ‘clean Brexit’ could be so voters reconsider her plan – Asa Bennett for the Telegraph (£) Let’s get on with leaving – Communist Party of Britain Does Jeremy Corbyn really want to find himself on the same side as a resurgent Nigel Farage? – Andrew Grice for the Independent Our future lies with the rest of the world, not EU – Express editorial The fury of the stop Brexit mob has finally been explained – Brendan O’Neill for The Spectator The public wants Brexit to happen as fast as possible – Stephen Pollard for the Express Brussels taking credit for saving Greece with EU solidarity is propaganda – The Sun Says The secret Brexiteer plan to choose the next Tory Prime Minister – Matthew D’Ancona for the Evening Standard Europe 2025: the beginning of the end – James Bloodworth for UnHerd Theresa May’s Chequers deal v the Canada Plus option – Asa Bennett for the Telegraph Why a second Brexit referendum is a waste of time – Reaction News in Brief North braver about Brexit than politicians, says MP Jake Berry – The Times (£) Britain threatens to pull ‘£1billion a year in aid’ if no deal struck – Daily Mail EU vows to get tough on UK’s market access after Brexit – FT (£) EU leaders should ‘force-feed’ UK chance to extend transition period – Express Brexit: why ministers are trying to hide no-deal plans – The Week Trade Minister visits New Zealand and Australia – Gov.UK London keeps its crown as world’s top foreign exchange venue – City A.M. Britain extends lead as king of currencies despite Brexit vote – Reuters NHS unprepared for no-deal Brexit, leaked letter claims – Guardian