NEWS
Tory Brexiteer MPs back Boris Johnson’s Europe deal
The Prime Minister’s deal with the EU ‘reaffirms UK sovereignty’, according to the Eurosceptic European Research Group (ERG). ERG officers have recommended that their members vote for the agreement and David Jones, the vice-chairman, said that the group was won over primarily by the fact that the deal precludes any oversight from the European Court of Justice and allows either the UK or EU to leave the arrangement with 12 months’ notice — Times
Government refuses to rule out nationwide ‘Tier Four’ lockdown — Telegraph
‘More than 20’ Labour MPs prepare to defy Keir Starmer and vote against ‘rotten’ Brexit trade deal — Mail
‘Black Panther of Oxford’ calls for ‘Holocaust-style’ reparations for all black people and a sex offenders-style ‘race offence register’ — Mail
Only four in 10 people in France plan to get Covid vaccine — Guardian
COMMENT
Why the ERG will back Boris’s deal — Mark Francois, Telegraph
Sovereignty regained, but what to do with it? That is the question — Jeremy Warner, Telegraph
