NEWS
No-deal Brexit more likely following Irish border row? Or bluffs, gambits and feints?
‘No deal is the most probable outcome of the Brexit negotiations’, signalled former Brussels chief Jean Claude-Junker yesterday, as further questions were raised over the Irish border. A major point of controversy is the government’s Internal Market Bill, which seeks to standardise trade regulations across the UK’s four nations. A cabinet minister admitted this change to the Brexit deal – described by Boris Johnson as ‘a great deal for our country’ before the 2019 election – would break the law ‘in a very specific and limited way’ – Express
Gatherings of more than six to be banned in England – Guardian
Andrew Lloyd Webber: Theatres face ruin without full reopening date – Times
12 stabbed in 24 hours of violence in London – Ealing Times
BBC bans football commentators from saying ‘racist’ phrases such as cakewalk, nitty gritty, sold down the river and uppity as part of racial bias’ training – Mail
It was like a war zone, says neighbour who helped shot Suffolk teenager – Times
COMMENT
Well done, Matt ‘we’re doomed!’ Hancock – Covid fear is now a bigger threat than the virus itself – Allison Pearson, Telegraph
Fishing row isn’t really about fish it’s about the power of the EU – David Hearne, Express
A Tory asked about the latest Brexit rumour… and this minister’s response left MPs reeling – Michael Deacon, Telegraph
