David Davis sets out his vision of Brexit as the Commons returns “The government will seek a “national consensus” and “take the time to get it right” as it leaves the EU, new Brexit Secretary David Davis has told MPs… He said the referendum had delivered an “overwhelming mandate” and that there would be no attempt to “delay, frustrate or thwart” the result.” – BBC “We want steadfast and successful EU after we depart and so as we proceed we will be guided by clear principles. First, a national consensus around the position, secondly we will always put national interest first, thirdly we will try to minimise uncertainty and fourth we will have left and put the sovereignty and supremacy of this parliament beyond doubt.” – Davis Davis quoted in the Daily Express “As the prime minister has made clear, there will be no attempt to stay in the EU by the back door,” David Davis told parliament. “No attempt to delay, frustrate or thwart the will of the British people. No attempt to engineer a second referendum because some people didn’t like the first answer.” – The Sun “What has become clear in the last week or so, is that the UK is not going to end up staying in the single market – in either the EU or the EEA. Davis’s appearance today also suggested that the UK would leave the customs union when it left the EU. However, it is also becoming apparent that the UK relationship with the EU on matters such as security means that post-Brexit, the UK and the EU will have more than just a trading relationship.” – James Forsyth on The Spectator’s Coffee House blog Opposition MPs accuse Davis of “empty platitudes” – ITV News What has David Davis told us about Brexit? Verdicts from Martin Kettle, Deborah Orr and Mark Wallace in The Guardian David Davis is right to be pragmatic over Brexit – Daily Telegraph editorial More G20 nations join the queue for a trade deal with the UK “Theresa May hailed the UK’s “Brex Appeal” yesterday as she revealed six countries at the G20 summit want to strike a trade deal with an independent Britain. Speaking at the leaders’ summit in Hangzhou, China, the Prime Minister reeled off a list of nations which would welcome discussions about boosting free trade. She named India, Mexico, South Korea, Singapore and Australia, whose premier insisted plans over the terms were “already well advanced”. An official UK source later added that China was also keen on exploring trading relations after Britain leaves the European Union.” – The Sun Theresa May explains her rejection of a points-based immigration policy… “Rather than giving the government control, such a system would allow anybody into the UK if they met the criteria, she said, adding that curbs on student visas had been a more effective measure to reduce immigration. “I want a system where the government is able to decide who comes into the country – I think that’s what the British people want. A points-based system means that people come in automatically if they just meet the criteria,” she added.” – BBC …as she considers banning EU migrants from coming to Britain unless they have a job “Theresa May is considering banning EU migrants from Britain unless they have a job, it has emerged as the Prime Minister denied that she has gone “soft” on immigration. Despite admitting that Britain will only get “some control” over freedom of movement rules after Brexit, it is understood that Mrs May is planning a tough work permit system to ensure that EU migrants cannot come to Britain looking for work.” – Daily Telegraph UK services sector rebounds as companies shrug off Brexit vote shock “Britain’s services sector enjoyed a record rise last month, as companies shrugged off the initial shock of the vote to leave the EU, according to a survey of business activity that adds to signs the economy has escaped recession in the immediate aftermath of the referendum. The Markit/CIPS purchasing managers’ index for August rose to 52.9 after slumping to 47.4 for July following the vote to leave the EU. That was the biggest month-to-month jump in the survey’s 20-year history.” – The Guardian And that’s not the only good news… Pound rallies after service sector data – BBC Another Brexit benefit – food prices plunge to record low – Daily Express The two Morgans now believe the UK will avoid a Brexit recession – City A.M. UK new car registrations still growing post-Brexit – up 3.3% in August – Cars UK …as Michael Gove reminds the Commons “We have seen a record increase in service industries growth, a record increase in manufacturing industry growth, a 3.3 per cent increase in motor car sales. We have also seen the speaker of the US Congress, the prime minister of Australia and the prime minister of New Zealand all pressing for free trade deals with this country while the deputy chancellor of Germany has acknowledged that the EU/US trade deal is dead in the water. Does that not confirm that the 17 million people who voted to leave the European Union in this country know a darn sight more about economics than the members of the IMF, the OECD, the IFS and all these other soi-disant experts who have oeuf on their face?” – Michael Gove’s intervention in the Commons yesterday as quoted by the Daily Express Latest dubious legal challenge to the referendum result launched in Belfast “The Northern Ireland peace process is based upon membership of the European Union, the High Court has heard… Raymond McCord and politicians including David Ford, Colum Eastwood, John O’Dowd and Steven Agnew are seeking to judicially review the British Government’s move towards leaving the EU. They claim it would be unlawful to trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty – the formal process for confirming the UK’s exit – without first securing Parliamentary authorisation.” – ITV News Douglas Carswell: The idea of a Commons Brexit vote only damages Parliament “Yesterday several continuity Remain MPs claimed that denying Parliament a vote on triggering Article 50 would be undemocratic. The truth is precisely the opposite. The idea of MPs voting on – and voting down – Brexit can only damage Parliament. Parliamentary sovereignty is shorthand for the sovereignty of the people. But, on Brexit, the people don’t need a proxy. They made their will abundantly clear in the referendum. The government has its mandate directly from the voters.” – UKIP MP Douglas Carswell Government rubbishes SNP MP’s call for a second referendum – yesterday’s Westminster Hall debate was live blogged on the Daily Mirror website Johan Eliasch: Britain should start talks with its neighbours, but move quickly to Plan B if those negotiations stall “The UK has already paid the EU £1.6bn since the vote. There is no time to be lost. The opportunities opened by the UK’s withdrawal will far outweigh the costs of a drawn-out, and possibly inconsequential negotiation. In years to come, we will look back and wonder why it took so long to leave.” – Johan Eliasch in the Daily Telegraph Daniel Hannan: The EU never trades with the US. We can after Brexit… and with the rest of the world “Last week Germany’s economics minister, Sigmar Gabriel, said out loud what politicians have long known privately — that ‘negotiations with the United States have failed’. There won’t be an EU US trade deal. But there will now almost certainly be a UK US trade deal.” – Daniel Hannan in The Sun Article 50, parliamentary votes and the SNP – the legalities of leaving – Christopher Howarth on ConservativeHome Brexit is a chance for London to renew itself once again as a great global city – Pamela Thompson and Bruce Dear in City A.M. Anshuman Rawat: Post Brexit, India Can Be UK’s America To The East – The Huffington Post Can Theresa May escape the curse of Cameron in negotiating Brexit? – Asa Bennett for the Daily Telegraph Why we need Brexit Select Committees – and need them now – Alistair Burt on ConservativeHome News in brief Sturgeon suggests she might drop demand for second independence referendum if UK remains in EU single market – Daily Telegraph Fury after Lord Ashdown compares Tory Brexiteers to Nazi ‘brownshirts’ – Daily Mail Nigel Farage threatens return to British politics if Brexit vows are broken – PoliticsHome Sir Bernard Ingham slams Charles Powell’s claim that Thatcher would have opposed Brexit – Daily Mail