Labour’s Emily Thornberry calls Boris Johnson a ‘manifest liar’
Shadow Foreign Secretary Emily Thornberry is determined that Labour’s first priority is to prevent a no-deal Brexit, writes the FT’s Eoin McSweeney.
She is concerned that no matter what Mr Johnson promises, it is still up to him to advise the Queen when the general election should be.
She claims that he cannot be trusted, “given that he has shown himself to be a manifest liar, and somebody who has said he will die in a ditch rather than stop no deal.”
“I hope he would obey the law. That we need to have a guarantee on”, she told BBC 4’s Today programme.
Wetherspoons to cut price of a pint to ‘illustrate’ Brexit benefits
Wetherspoons chairman Tim Martin is one of the most outspoken UK business executives on the benefits of breaking away from the EU. The company’s earnings statements often include mini-dissertations on the advantages of Brexit, while Mr Martin has vowed to bring down the price of beer if there is a no-deal exit.
On Friday, the group said it would begin reducing prices to “illustrate” his point.
Mr Martin said:
These tariffs are collected by the UK government and sent to Brussels. Provided we leave the Customs Union on 31st October, the government can end these protectionist tariffs, which will reduce prices in supermarkets and pubs.
In order to illustrate this point, Wetherspoon has decided to reduce the price of Ruddles bitter, brewed by Greene King.
A lot of politicians have misled the public by suggesting leaving the Customs Union would be a ‘cliff edge’ or ‘disaster’.
This is the reverse of the truth. Ending tariffs will reduce prices.
What’s expected today on Brexit?
It’s been a hectic week. But there’s yet more on the docket today. Here is a look at what, roughly, our UK political team is expecting:
-Court ruling on Gina Miller legal case for injunction to stop Boris Johnson from suspending parliament
-Opposition parties to hold private talks on next steps
-Boris Johnson visits Scotland
-Lords expected to complete scrutiny of bill looking to block no-deal Brexit
