Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds has just suggested to Nick Robinson on the Today programme that British officials are open to discussing the return of freedom of movement with the EU at their joint summit next month:
“They will be talking to them about what the future options for our relationship might be… no assumptions have been made on this. The British people are the people who will decide this, they’re the boss on this…”
Downing Street tied itself in knots on this yesterday after Burnham himself said essentially the same thing. The plan is in motion. Shambolic as it is…
Robert Jenrick told a rally on Monday:
“They say Chancellors are either undertakers or bookies. This one is an ostrich – and when the Chancellor buries his head in the sand, the rest of us, we’re left staring at his you know what.”