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Boris Johnson arrives to a, erm, warm welcome at Bute House where he is meeting Nicola Sturgeon. pic.twitter.com/7AnjA1YiHl

— Kieran Andrews (@KieranPAndrews) July 29, 2019

European Union officials have rejected Dominic Raab’s claim that negotiating a free-trade deal would be “much easier” after a no-deal Brexit.

While the foreign secretary contends that leaving the EU without an agreement would ease the way to solving the disputed Irish border question, European sources fear a no-deal Brexit would trigger an acrimonious blame game.

“It would mean the complete breakdown of political relations and I don’t think there would be much trust on the EU side with the Tories, or with the prime minister,” a senior diplomat said.

“Eventually we would get around it because we are pragmatic, but this would be really, really bad, because of all the rhetoric around blaming.”

A second diplomat, speaking before Raab’s intervention, argued that all contact would cease after a no-deal Brexit. “Our phones will not be connected at that time … I don’t think they will be connected to someone who has reneged on their obligations,” they said.

European officials agree that a precondition of talks would be a British pledge to honour the three core parts of the withdrawal agreement – citizens’ rights, the Irish border and the financial settlement.

Boris Johnson today rejected Michael Gove’s claim that leaving the EU without an agreement in October was now the government’s central planning assumption.

Mr Gove, the minister in charge of no-deal planning, said at the weekend that while the government still wanted a negotiated settlement it “must operate on the assumption” that a deal would not be reached.

Speaking on a visit to Scotland today, Mr Johnson rejected this, saying it was “absolutely not” his view.

“My assumption is that we can get a new deal,” he said.

Pressed again on whether he stood by his claim that the chances of a no-deal Brexit were a million-to-one, he replied: “Provided there is sufficient goodwill and common sense on the part of our partners

Jo Swinson has declared the Liberal Democrats are “winning and on the up” after reducing Boris Johnson’s majority to one by taking a seat off the Conservatives in the Brecon and Radnorshire byelection.
The Lib Dem leader said her party would consider future electoral pacts with other pro-EU parties after its candidate, Jane Dodds, was aided by the decision of Plaid Cymru and the Greens to stand aside.

The Lib Dems won 13,826 votes with the Tories taking 12,401, a margin of 1,425 that overturned the Tories’ previous majority of more than 8,000. It was a sobering night for the Labour party (1,680 votes), which was beaten into fourth place by the Brexit party (3,331)

LONDON: A senior Conservative MEP has called for British people with "extreme loyalty to the EU" to be prosecuted under the Treason Act.

David Campbell Bannerman MEP was commenting in response to reports that terror experts have advised the UK to update its "archaic treason laws" in order to prosecute Jihadi's returing from Syria.
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Responding to a BuzzFeed News request for comment, Campbell Bannerman said that he believed those who showed "extreme undemocratic loyalty" to the EU should be prosecuted.

"I think it [the Treason Act] should extend to those undermining UK interests through extreme undemocratic loyalty to other states including the EU superstate once we've left, but this does not of course apply to normal democratic support for the EU," he said.

"It would be fine to form a democratic UK party to argue to rejoin the EU, for example."
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https://amp.businessinsider.com/conservative-mep-david-campbell-bannerman-british-people-eu-loyalty-tried-for-treason-brexit-2018-7?r=US&IR=T%3Futm_source%3Dfacebook&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=topbar&utm_term=desktop&referrer=facebook&__twitter_impression=true

Boris Johnson has no intention of renegotiating the withdrawal agreement and a no-deal Brexit is his “central scenario”, European diplomats have been told, amid hardening evidence in Westminster that the government is expecting to crash out of the EU.

Brussels diplomats briefed after a meeting between the prime minister’s chief envoy and senior EU figures in Brussels said that Britain’s refusal to compromise was understood to have been clear to those attending.

Instead David Frost, the government’s new chief Europe adviser, is said to have sought discussions on how negotiations could be reset after the UK crashes out on 31 October.

“It was clear UK does not have another plan,” a senior EU diplomat said of the meetings with Frost. “No intention to negotiate, which would require a plan. A no deal now appears to be the UK government’s central scenario.”

"They're simply saying no, we don't want to talk, well I think that's wrong and sad."

Cabinet minister Michael Gove says he is "deeply saddened that the EU now seem to be refusing to negotiate with the UK." pic.twitter.com/S39roWqO1A

— Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) August 6, 2019

U.K. rail firms will no longer participate in the Interrail system of pan-European ticketing, ending the prospect of cheap summer jaunts through Britain for young travellers from the Continent.

Tickets bought up until the end of December will still be valid for trains in the U.K. this year, the Eurail company which runs the system said in a statement Wednesday, but British participation will cease from January.

Young Brits will still be able to buy an Interrail pass and travel across Europe.

Eurostar tickets will still be included in the scheme, offering travellers connections from Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam into London. Discounts on ferry services to the U.K. will also continue, Eurail said. But operators of trains running on the U.K.'s privately-run passenger network have opted to stop accepting Interrail tickets, which typically offer free rides on a certain number of days and discount tickets to those under the age of 27.
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https://www.politico.eu/article/british-train-companies-quit-interrail/

John McDonnell has said Labour should allow Holyrood to stage a second independence referendum if MSPs vote for one, contradicting party policy.

The shadow chancellor told an event at the Edinburgh festival fringe that his party should not try to block a second vote on independence by withholding the legal powers to do so.

Interviewed by the broadcaster Iain Dale, McDonnell said: “We would not block something like that. We would let the Scottish people decide. That’s democracy.”

McDonnell admitted Labour was split on the issue, but implied the UK leadership agreed. “There are other views within the party, but that’s our view,” he said.

His remarks, which follow a poll on Monday showing 52% of Scottish voters now back independence, contradict Scottish Labour policy and the formal position of the UK party not to support another plebiscite on independence.

Under section 30 of the Scotland Act, Holyrood could only hold one if it is given the power to do so by the UK government.