Labour conference adopts motion to try and block Brexit… The Labour party conference has backed a motion that could potentially open the door to the party supporting a second EU referendum. The little-noticed motion is at odds with the views of party leader Jeremy Corbyn, who has said the result of the 23 June vote must be respected… “[Conference] recognises that many of those who voted to leave the EU were expressing dissatisfaction with EU or national policy and were voting for change, but believes that unless the final settlement proves to be acceptable then the option of retaining EU membership should be retained,” the motion says. – The Independent It will now be taken to the party’s policy forum which will take it into account – as well as other factors – when deciding Labour’s official EU policy. – The Sun …as Corbyn rejects limits on post-Brexit immigration… Jeremy Corbyn is heading for a new clash with Labour MPs by rejecting calls to back post-Brexit curbs on immigration. Ahead of his end-of-conference speech in Liverpool, the Labour leader said restricting free movement could mean Britons paying the price in tit-for-tat retaliation. – Sky News Andy Burnham will say Labour must recognise that millions of its traditional voters demanded a change on immigration policy – ITV News The UK could ‘explode’ into riots if immigration is not curbed by Brexit, warns Labour’s Rachel Reeves – Huffington Post …and proposes wage harmonisation across the entire European Union… ‘Post-Brexit, I have been talking to colleagues in socialist parties all across Europe about how we bring in harmonisation of wages and working conditions, which would help reduce the numbers of people flowing each way.’ – Jeremy Corbyn quoted in the Daily Mail …while Diane Abbott blasts Brexit voters as racist Voters who helped secure this summer’s historic Brexit victory were swayed by racist tendencies, Diane Abbott has claimed in an outrageous tirade… She said: “The people that complain about the freedom of movement will not be satisfied because what they really want is to see less foreign-looking people on their streets.” – Daily Express Brexit could leave the NHS facing ‘disaster’ claims Diane Abbott – Daily Mirror Boris wants a ‘jumbo’ trade deal with Turkey in wake of Brexit… “What I hope for is a jumbo free trade deal between the United Kingdom and Turkey,” Johnson told a news conference with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu. “We are leaving the EU, but we are not leaving Europe.” – Daily Express …and says Britain will now help Turkey join EU (despite using the prospect to help win the referendum) During the EU referendum Mr Johnson warned that the accession of Turkey would give millions of migrants the right to live and work in the UK. The claim was one of the most controversial of the referendum campaign and led to accusations by senior Remain campaigners that Mr Johnson had lied. But yesterday, during his first official visit to Turkey, Mr Johnson said that Britain will “help Turkey in any way” now that it is leaving the EU. – Daily Telegraph Farage questions Johnson vow to help Turkey join EU – Daily Express Liam Fox makes economic and moral case for a UK-EU free trade deal at the WTO The International Trade Secretary stressed the ‘moral case’ for avoiding tariffs as he delivered a keynote speech… Dr Fox said quoted economist Adam Smith’s famous comment that it was always in the ‘interest of the great body of the people to buy whatever they want of those who sell it cheapest. I believe as much in the moral case for free trade as I do in its economic benefits,’ Dr Fox said. – Daily Mail Liam Fox warns EU risks harming itself if it tries to block British trade after Brexit – Daily Express Read Dr Fox’s WTO speech in full on the Department for International Trade website The UK will escape a post-Brexit recession, says WTO The UK’s economy is expected to escape a post-EU referendum recession despite fearmongering about Brexit, according to the World Trade Organisation… The WTO said Britain’s historic vote to leave the European Union will put the brakes on UK economic growth, but will not see it succumb to an “outright recession”. – The Sun Market cynics sunk by Brexit buoyancy Stock markets have enjoyed a buoyant three months to defy the doom-mongers who claimed Brexit would destroy share prices. Investors who kept faith with UK plc have been amply rewarded with the FTSE recovering strongly following the initial referendum shock. Investor confidence has hit a new high for 2016, according to the latest Lloyds Bank Investor Sentiment Index. – Daily Express UK surges to seventh place in a highly-influential ranking of the world’s most competitive economies – City A.M. Sadiq Khan pushes for post-Brexit London work visas City Hall is working on proposals for a separate work permit system for London as the capital looks to carve out a bespoke deal on immigration in Brexit Britain…. [Sadiq Khan] confirmed that he had been in discussions with the chancellor Philip Hammond as well as David Davis, the Brexit secretary and his predecessor and now foreign secretary Boris Johnson on the issue. – Sky News Sturgeon links Brexit to austerity in speech to IoD Nicola Sturgeon has linked the Brexit vote to the UK government’s austerity policies. The Scottish first minister also said remaining a member of the single market after Brexit “will be crucial”. And she argued that the UK-wide result of the EU referendum was not a mandate for a hard Brexit. – BBC Sturgeon suggests Brexit will “probably” end in a constitutional wrangle before Supreme Court judges – The Herald Sarkozy claims Britain could yet stay in a reformed EU French President wannabe Nicolas Sarkozy has pledged Britain could stay in a newly formed EU – but only if he wins power in next year’s elections in France. The former French leader said last night that he would seek to draw up a new EU treaty next May. He promised to extend an olive branch to Britain, despite our historic referendum result to Leave. – The Sun Verhofstadt warns Britain about European Parliament’s Brexit power The European Parliament has “more power” over a British exit deal than any EU member state and will be ready to wield its veto, the assembly’s chief negotiator has said in a warning over the complexity of agreeing Brexit terms. – FT (£) Verhofstadt in Facebook rant at Britain and Boris Johnson – Daily Express Daniel Hannan MEP: Brexit has broken our political Ice Age. Bring on the revolution before the big freeze takes hold again We should aim to eliminate our tariff and non-tariff barriers with EU and non-EU states. We should trade on the basis that products legally for sale elsewhere can be legally sold here unless someone can show overwhelming cause. Once we do that, our domestic industries will start to lobby for deregulation rather than, as at present, seeking to raise barriers to entry. Britain can become a global entrepôt: offshore, low-tax, lightly but effectively regulated, linked by its supply lines to every continent and archipelago. – Daniel Hannan MEP in the Daily Telegraph Jeremy Warner: It’s not just Britain. Europe too has everything to lose from an end to the single market in financial services The EU must be gently persuaded to recognise that it is overwhelmingly to its advantage to maintain the single market in financial services, and to put in place appropriate arrangements to ensure its continuation in the post Brexit world. An unnegotiated, unilateral hard exit would be the surest possible way of producing the opposite outcome. – Jeremy Warner in the Daily Telegraph Mandelson pushes for “closest possible relationship” with EU It is not disrespectful of the political choice made in the referendum to examine the closest possible relationship between Britain and the EU. But this requires changing the rhetoric and some of the assumptions on both sides, and curbing the zeal of those who want a complete break with Europe, whatever the price. – Lord Mandelson writing in the FT (£) Denis MacShane: Labour’s ‘Red UKIP’ MPs add to confusion on party’s line on Europe Jeremy Corbyn is an unreconstructed 1970s leftist. As such, he supports open frontiers and no limits on workers crossing borders. But equally, as a 1970s leftist who has learnt nothing and forgotten nothing, he opposes open free trade economics, the single market, and competition policy. So Corbynized Labour wants to love and hate the EU at one and the same time. – Denis MacShane on EurActiv.com Brexit comment in brief The real Brexit choice. Not Hard v Soft, but Open v Closed – Paul Goodman for Conservative Home Preventing Brexit is still possible – Former European Commission official Fraser Cameron for EurActiv.com Leave the EU’s customs union and go for a free trade agreement – Geoff Raby for Reaction Thank God for John McDonnell’s bold Brexit strategy for Labour – Tom Peck for The Independent We’re running out of time to stop a hard Brexit – and the consequences are terrifying – Tim Farron for The New Statesman Brexit news in brief Theresa May accused of trying to alter immigration report before Brexit vote – Guardian George Osborne repeats claims that Britain voted for “soft Brexit” – Daily Mail Brexit was a result of Cameron’s “s*** campaign”, says Germany’s EU Commissioner – The Times (£) Britain’s longest serving Eurocrat set to bow out of Brussels bloc after Brexit vote – Daily Express The EU’s Brexit Negotiators: Veterans of European Backroom Wars – Bloomberg Fallon vows to block plan to create EU army. – The Sun DUP blocked publication of report warning about implications of Brexit for Northern Ireland – Irish Times DUP to boycott all-Ireland Brexit talks in November – Irish Examiner Eurozone risks collapse into prosperous north and stagnant south, warns ex-Greek finance minister – Daily Telegraph Boris wows with his new haircut as he gets serious about the job of leading Britain out of the EU – The Sun