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Your support makes all the difference.Boris Johnson has faced a backlash from Tory colleagues after his "disgusting" criticism of Theresa May's Brexit blueprint sparked an explosive public row.
Senior Conservatives denounced the former foreign secretary for comparing the prime minister's Chequers plan to having "wrapped a suicide vest" around Britain and handed the detonator to Brussels.
It also comes as a former Brexit minister warned Ms May that she has until the Conservatives’ annual conference later this month to drop her Chequers plan or face a “catastrophic split” in the party.
Elsewhere, Jeremy Corbyn faced an angry meeting of his parliamentary party, where the Labour leader was expected to endure recriminations over the party's antisemitism row.
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Stockpiling supplies of food and medicine to prepare for the UK crashing out of the EU without a trade deal may boost GDP in the short term but it makes a mini recession after Brexit “almost inevitable”, according to new research.
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More people think Theresa May would make a better prime minister than Boris Johnson, according to an exclusive new poll.
The survey for The Independent by BMG Research shows the public see Ms May as more hardworking than her rival, who at the weekend renewed his backbench critique of her Brexit strategy by claiming it had put Britain in a “suicide vest”.
Asked directly about how good a PM they think Mr Johnson would make, almost half of those questioned said either ‘bad’ or ‘very bad’, according to the poll.
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Independent political editor Joe Watts has been tweeting some key findings from the poll.
Theresa May has shelved a Commons showdown over controversial plans to axe 50 MPs until next year, after a Tory backbench revolt.
Up to ten Conservative MPs are thought to be ready to rebel over Boundary Commission proposals to cut number of parliamentary seats from 650 to 600 – enough to defeat the prime minister.
The controversy also threatens to fuel the anger of pro-Brexit MPs, with several – including Boris Johnson and David Davis – likely to have their seats put at risk.
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Ministers have refused to disclose whether they have taken legal advice on holding a fresh referendum on the final Brexit deal as the government comes under mounting pressure to consider campaigners’ demands.
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The pound jumped to its highest against the dollar in a month on Monday afternoon, after the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier said the possibility of reaching a deal by November was “realistic”.
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Jeremy Corbyn could be the most high-profile victim of the new boundary reforms, which could see his Islington North seat scrapped.
Ex-foreign secretary Boris Johnson faces a challenge to his 5,034 majority in Uxbridge & Ruislip South, with the seat losing Tory-leaning Yiewsley and gaining Labour-leaning Northolt.
Former Brexit Secretary David Davis' Haltemprice & Howden seat is set to be axed.
Home Secretary Sajid Javid's Bromsgrove seat is still due to be replace by a new Bromsgrove & Droitwich seat but the move is unlikely to make any significant electoral impact.
Labour deputy leader Tom Watson's West Bromwich East seat will be affected by the shake-up in Birmingham constituencies, with the creation of a new West Bromwich seat.
Of the many Brexit cons, few are greater than the idea that this is a fight for the people, writes Labour MP Chuka Umunna.
In a column for the Independent, he argues that the privileged few such as Boris Johnson are disregarding the economic impact on struggling families.
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