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Starmer's 5th Q on Priti Patel saying she wanted to close the borders in March; PM responds with "Capt Hindsight"
Starmer repeats the Q; PM flannels about how tough his border policy is now; & how Lab wanted free movement with the EU
Odd for the Speaker to repeat the "weather vane" phrase, saying it was taking them to the next Q from Rob Butler, Con
Lot of fun with remote participation today: now @NeilDotObrien has the phone ringing during his Q #PMQs
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"It's like saying 'I want to get childbirth done so I can get back to lots of sleep and reading lots of novels':" @helenlewis on delusion of "Get Brexit Done" #Marr
Boris Johnson trying to confuse automatic early release (Labour, 2008) with the end of indeterminate sentences (Con, 2012) #Marr
Liam Fox in favour of a customs union from 2012 is still up on his website HT @MarleyAMorris
Remain 59%, Leave on govt's deal 41%; "certain to vote" only: Remain 63%, Leave 37% @YouGov via Peter Kellner
Amazing. More registered Democrats voted Trump (9%) than registered Republicans voted Clinton (7%)
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