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Brexit news live: Farage tells MEPs 'most of you have never done a proper job' Brexit news live: Corbyn facing secret ballot of MPs
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Murdoch says Brexit vote was 'wonderful'
Jane Martinson
Rupert Murdoch has called the British vote to leave the EU “wonderful” and described Donald Trump a “very able man” in comments made in London on Tuesday.
In his first public comments since last week’s historic referendum vote, the owner of several newspapers including the Times, the Sun and the Wall Street Journal said that leaving the EU was like a “prison break ... we’re out” and suggested that a UK/US trade deal wouldn’t take long to negotiate.
Rupert Murdoch: we made a momentous decision last week. This is like a prison break... we're out. #TimesCEOsummit
Long regarded as eurosceptic, Murdoch kept remarkably quiet during the referendum campaign while his biggest selling UK newspaper, the Sun, took a passionately anti-EU stance.
The invite-only business summit hosted by the Times, which like many of its readers backed remain, heard Murdoch extol the virtues of the Brexit vote and the campaign itself. Referring to England’s disastrous 2-1 loss to Iceland in the Euro 2016 football match on Monday night, the media boss compared the Brexit campaign to Iceland, a team playing to win, while remainers were like England or “overpaid players expected to be good”.
Speaking at the Times ceo summit, Murdoch’s comments suggest that the pro-Brexit Sun newspaper reflected his own Eurosceptic, although the paper’s editor Tony Gallagher has made no secret of his own dislike for the EU in a series of leaders since he was appointed almost two years ago.
In a sign that Boris Johnson may not win immediate backing for any future campaign, Murdoch said if he backtracked on promises made during the campaign on serious things, presumably like immigration, this would trigger “another bloody revolt”.
The owner of Fox television station, Sky and the Wall Street Journal also made positive comments about the Republican candidate for the US president Donald Trump and compared his Democratic rival Hilary Clinton unfavourably to her husband.
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Watson disappears after Corbyn's latest 'reshuffle'
Jessica Elgot
Jeremy Corbyn invited cameras in to his first meeting with his new shadow cabinet this morning but appeared to be having second thoughts about it – and the seating arrangements.
Calling over two of his aides, the Sky News microphone picked up Corbyn saying “this isn’t a good idea” as he sat between Tom Watson, his deputy leader tipped by many to be pondering a leadership challenge, and Cat Smith, a new shadow cabinet minister and Corbyn loyalist who was elected just over a year ago.
The cameras were asked to leave, and on their return there was quite a different seating plan in place. Watson and Smith were gone, replaced by Emily Thornberry and Corbyn’s PPS Steve Rotheram. The deputy leader had shifted out of sight.
Corbyn gets cold feet about having cameras at the start of Shadow Cabinet... Keep your eye on who he's sitting with pic.twitter.com/L5j7KIQLms
When cameras are back in Tom Watson & Cat Smith have swapped with Steve Rotherham & Emily Thornberry pic.twitter.com/yYSZbOD0qv
Unfortunately, the captioning can lead to picture crops like this.
*Invents Twitter* pic.twitter.com/9eatDWK5a3
Here is the full video footage.
Jeremy Corbyn reshuffles the shadow cabinet - literally - before TV filming https://t.co/7D7wyfdN1c https://t.co/ceabdcinNd
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This is from my colleague Anushka Asthana.
Understand that Graham Brady has raised complaints about whips canvassing for Theresa May with chief whip, Mark Harper.
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Cameron says he wants UK to be 'as constructive as possible' over Brexit
David Cameron said he wanted to be “as constructive as possible” as he arrived in Brussels to discuss Brexit with fellow EU leaders. (Discuss Brexit, but not to negotiate Brexit – he had said he would leave it to his successor to trigger the formal start of the withdrawal process.)
As he arrived at the summit he said:
I’ll be explaining that Britain will be leaving the European Union but I want that process to be as constructive as possible, and I hope the outcome can be as constructive as possible, because of course while we’re leaving the European Union, we mustn’t be turning our backs on Europe.
These countries are our neighbours, our friends, our allies, our partners and I very much hope we’ll seek the closest possible relationship in terms of trade and cooperation and security, because that is good for us and that is good for them. And that’s the spirit in which the discussions I think will be held today.
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If you are British and despair at the prospect of leaving the EU, a daily newspaper in Bucharest has launched a website suggesting becoming Romanian as a solution.If you are British and despair at the prospect of leaving the EU, a daily newspaper in Bucharest has launched a website suggesting becoming Romanian as a solution.
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Cooper calls for national commission on immigrationCooper calls for national commission on immigration
Yvette Cooper, the former shadow home secretary and former (?) Labour leadership contender, gave a speech to the Centre for European Reform this morning. The only clip I’ve seen on the news features a passage criticising Jeremy Corbyn, but it will be a shame if that is the only passage that gets picked up because the speech was very good. It is probably the most thoughtful response to the referendum I’ve heard yet from a British politician.Yvette Cooper, the former shadow home secretary and former (?) Labour leadership contender, gave a speech to the Centre for European Reform this morning. The only clip I’ve seen on the news features a passage criticising Jeremy Corbyn, but it will be a shame if that is the only passage that gets picked up because the speech was very good. It is probably the most thoughtful response to the referendum I’ve heard yet from a British politician.
Here are the main points.Here are the main points.
We need a National Commission on Immigration charged with building a consensus across the country – drawing together faith leaders, community leaders, trades unions, employers, the voice of the small towns and the big cities. We have to face this. Britain has benefited for Centuries from people coming here from abroad. We need international talent and ideas. But we also need a system that is fair and has public consent. Or the divisions will grow and extremists will be able to exploit them. We need a national commission on immigration charged with building a consensus across the country – drawing together faith leaders, community leaders, trades unions, employers, the voice of the small towns and the big cities. We have to face this. Britain has benefited for centuries from people coming here from abroad. We need international talent and ideas. But we also need a system that is fair and has public consent. Or the divisions will grow and extremists will be able to exploit them.
And there needs to be direct access for the Opposition to civil servants now too. The leading Tory party contender has said he is considering an general election. The prime minister has accepted there may be a case for an early General Election, that may be only 4 months away. And there needs to be direct access for the opposition to civil servants now too. The leading Tory party contender has said he is considering an general election. The prime minister has accepted there may be a case for an early general election, that may be only 4 months away.
I am therefore writing to Jeremy Heywood the cabinet secretary to ask him to trigger the process for access talks for opposition parties. I am therefore writing to Jeremy Heywood, the cabinet secretary, to ask him to trigger the process for access talks for opposition parties.
We need to build a progressive, outward-looking Labour vision of Britain’s future alongside the EU – a new “special relationship” with our European partners underpinned by Labour values – social solidarity, equality, social justice and human rights. We need to build a progressive, outward-looking Labour vision of Britain’s future alongside the EU – a new ‘special relationship’ with our European partners underpinned by Labour values – social solidarity, equality, social justice and human rights.
At a time when the world has changed, when an election is looming, I am very concerned that Jeremy Corbyn has no plan to re-unite the Labour movement, no plan to respond to the deep and serious issues the referendum has thrown up, and no plan for a looming general election ... At a time when the world has changed, when an election is looming, I am very concerned that Jeremy Corbyn has no plan to reunite the Labour movement, no plan to respond to the deep and serious issues the referendum has thrown up, and no plan for a looming general election …
I got to know Jeremy last year and I always found him a kind, friendly man. He won well and he has brought more people into the party. He did not lose the referendum – the Prime Minister lost the referendum he called. But Jeremy did not show he had any of the campaigning zeal our Party needs in a tough fight. I got to know Jeremy last year and I always found him a kind, friendly man. He won well and he has brought more people into the party. He did not lose the referendum – the prime minister lost the referendum he called. But Jeremy did not show he had any of the campaigning zeal our party needs in a tough fight.
But he is losing us Labour support across the country – and particularly in the towns and coalfields that built the labour movement in the first place.But he is losing us Labour support across the country – and particularly in the towns and coalfields that built the labour movement in the first place.
Jeremy would be letting down Labour voters and communities across the country who badly need a strong Labour voice right now, and who badly need a Labour government, if he drags this out any longer. I hope he does the right thing in the party and stands down swiftly because we cannot drift and leave Boris Johnson, Theresa May and Ian Duncan Smith to shape Britain’s future. Jeremy would be letting down Labour voters and communities across the country who badly need a strong Labour voice right now, and who badly need a Labour government, if he drags this out any longer. I hope he does the right thing in the party and stands down swiftly because we cannot drift and leave Boris Johnson, Theresa May and Iain Duncan Smith to shape Britain’s future.
The cities voted in. Industrial towns voted out. Digital growth areas like the M4 corridor or the University towns voted in. The Tory shires and the Labour coalfields voted out. Scotland voted in. England and Wales voted out. The young voted in. Older votes chose out. Graduates in. Working class communities out. The cities voted in. Industrial towns voted out. Digital growth areas like the M4 corridor or the University towns voted in. The Tory shires and the Labour coalfields voted out. Scotland voted in. England and Wales voted out. The young voted in. Older votes chose out. Graduates in. Working-class communities out.
Those who saw globalisation as an opportunity voted in Those who saw globalisation as an opportunity voted in. Those who felt globalisation was a threat and didn’t trust “the system” to make it better voted out … Communities who didn’t believe the Remain campaigns arguments about risk because they didn’t feel they had much more to lose. People who said they didn’t believe “experts”, because too often experts have let them down ...
Those who felt globalisation was a threat and didn’t trust “the system” to make it better voted out .. A Tory prime minister could not persuade them. Because a Tory government has let them down. But Labour had nothing to say that could convince them either. They weren’t convinced by staying in Europe because they couldn’t see how they benefited.
Communities who didn’t believe the Remain campaigns arguments about risk because they didn’t feel they had much more to lose. We are here without a plan because politics has failed. Because our political process just couldn’t deal with the difficult issues so they got worse. Because too many of our politicians couldn’t work out how to solve problems so they made false promise or just walked away. Because too many towns feel they have no future. Because immigration seemed too hard to solve. Because the EU seemed too hard to reform. Because inequality is still rising and it seemed too hard to stop. Because we weren’t prepared to take action to sort out housing. Because trust collapsed. And with every layer of failure, politics just made it worse.
People who said they didn’t believe “experts”, because too often experts have let them down ... Updated
A Tory prime minister could not persuade them. Because a Tory government has let them down. at 1.57pm BST
But Labour had nothing to say that could convince them either.
They weren’t convinced by staying in Europe because they couldn’t see how they benefited.
We are here without a plan because politics has failed.
Because our political process just couldn’t deal with the difficult issues so they got worse
Because too many of our politicians couldn’t work out how to solve problems so they made false promise or just walked away
Because too many towns feel they have no future
Because immigration seemed too hard to solve
Because the EU seemed too hard to reform
Because inequality is still rising and it seemed too hard to stop
Because we weren’t prepared to take action to sort out housing
Because trust collapsed
And with every layer of failure, politics just made it worse.
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Jennifer RankinJennifer Rankin
Tim Farron, the Lib Dem leader, has vowed to fight the next general election, “which could be very soon”, on a pledge to stop Brexit.Tim Farron, the Lib Dem leader, has vowed to fight the next general election, “which could be very soon”, on a pledge to stop Brexit.
Voters deserved the chance to rethink their decision, now the EU debate has moved from the abstract to the visceral, threatening jobs and living standards, he said on a visit to Brussels.Voters deserved the chance to rethink their decision, now the EU debate has moved from the abstract to the visceral, threatening jobs and living standards, he said on a visit to Brussels.
The MP said he respected the result, but it was perfectly legitimate to put the question to the British people at an election, because the country was out of control and the campaign had been fought on lies. He said:The MP said he respected the result, but it was perfectly legitimate to put the question to the British people at an election, because the country was out of control and the campaign had been fought on lies. He said:
I think it is right that in a general election we say to the British people that if you want to get out of the increasing economic mess that we find ourselves in, where we have lost control, [where] we are at the mercy of markets, people’s jobs are going, people’s livelihoods are being destroyed and we are not taking back control … And the fact that the key tenets of the leave campaign are now proved to be lies … It would prove legitimate for the Liberal Democrats to go into the next election and say we offer you a chance to reconsider.I think it is right that in a general election we say to the British people that if you want to get out of the increasing economic mess that we find ourselves in, where we have lost control, [where] we are at the mercy of markets, people’s jobs are going, people’s livelihoods are being destroyed and we are not taking back control … And the fact that the key tenets of the leave campaign are now proved to be lies … It would prove legitimate for the Liberal Democrats to go into the next election and say we offer you a chance to reconsider.
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Italian PM says UK cannot retain 'good things' from single market without 'bad things'Italian PM says UK cannot retain 'good things' from single market without 'bad things'
Matteo Renzi, the Italian prime minister, also said it would be impossible for the UK to retain access to the single market without accepting free movement. This is what he told CNN.Matteo Renzi, the Italian prime minister, also said it would be impossible for the UK to retain access to the single market without accepting free movement. This is what he told CNN.
It’s impossible to belong to [the] community only with the good things, and not with the bad things. In every family, if you belong to [the] family, you must accept the good things and the bad things. It is impossible to speak only about the single market and [not] accept the politics about migration. It’s impossible to be very communitarian about the economy and not about values. This is the problem, in my view, about this campaign.It’s impossible to belong to [the] community only with the good things, and not with the bad things. In every family, if you belong to [the] family, you must accept the good things and the bad things. It is impossible to speak only about the single market and [not] accept the politics about migration. It’s impossible to be very communitarian about the economy and not about values. This is the problem, in my view, about this campaign.
This is what Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, said this morning too. (See 12.02pm.)This is what Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, said this morning too. (See 12.02pm.)
Italian PM @matteorenzi: UK can't have single market access w/o free movement. Can't have only the "good things." https://t.co/QiETOrhIXkItalian PM @matteorenzi: UK can't have single market access w/o free movement. Can't have only the "good things." https://t.co/QiETOrhIXk
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Sajid Javid, the business secretary, has been holding talks with business leaders from groups such as the CBI to discuss the consequences of the Brexit vote. But trade unions were not invited. Frances O’Grady, the TUC general secretary, said:Sajid Javid, the business secretary, has been holding talks with business leaders from groups such as the CBI to discuss the consequences of the Brexit vote. But trade unions were not invited. Frances O’Grady, the TUC general secretary, said:
It is disappointing that the representatives of working people are not part of these talks. At a time when the government should be looking to heal the wounds of a divisive campaign, this is a backward step.It is disappointing that the representatives of working people are not part of these talks. At a time when the government should be looking to heal the wounds of a divisive campaign, this is a backward step.
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Jeremy Corbyn has been chairing a meeting of his new shadow cabinet this morning. Sky News has just shown some footage.Jeremy Corbyn has been chairing a meeting of his new shadow cabinet this morning. Sky News has just shown some footage.
According to Sky, more than half of Labour’s frontbench posts remain unfilled because of all the resignations.According to Sky, more than half of Labour’s frontbench posts remain unfilled because of all the resignations.
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Labour party resignations continueLabour party resignations continue
The Labour party resignations are continuing.The Labour party resignations are continuing.
Alan Whitehead has resigned from his post as shadow energy minister.Alan Whitehead has resigned from his post as shadow energy minister.
It is with great sadness that I have resigned as Shadow Energy and Climate Change Minister as of 11am today pic.twitter.com/97JksufgUzIt is with great sadness that I have resigned as Shadow Energy and Climate Change Minister as of 11am today pic.twitter.com/97JksufgUz
Barbara Keeley and Andrew Gwynne are also reportedly resigning as shadow health ministers.Barbara Keeley and Andrew Gwynne are also reportedly resigning as shadow health ministers.
The Shadow Health team is about to be reduced to just Diane Abbott and Justin Madders. Barbara Keeley and Andrew Gwynne set to quitThe Shadow Health team is about to be reduced to just Diane Abbott and Justin Madders. Barbara Keeley and Andrew Gwynne set to quit
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Nigel Farage may have been booed in the European parliament, but the SNP MEP Alyn Smith received a standing ovation when he delivered a passionate pro-European speech in the debate. Here’s an extract:Nigel Farage may have been booed in the European parliament, but the SNP MEP Alyn Smith received a standing ovation when he delivered a passionate pro-European speech in the debate. Here’s an extract:
I want my country to be internationalist, cooperative, ecological, fair, European. And the people of Scotland, along with the people of Northern Ireland and the people of London and lots and lots of people in Wales and England also voted to remain within our family of nations. I demand that that status and that esprit européen be respected.I want my country to be internationalist, cooperative, ecological, fair, European. And the people of Scotland, along with the people of Northern Ireland and the people of London and lots and lots of people in Wales and England also voted to remain within our family of nations. I demand that that status and that esprit européen be respected.
Colleagues, there are a lot of things to be negotiated. We will need cool heads and warm hearts. And please remember this: Scotland did not let you down. Please, I beg you, do not let Scotland down now.Colleagues, there are a lot of things to be negotiated. We will need cool heads and warm hearts. And please remember this: Scotland did not let you down. Please, I beg you, do not let Scotland down now.
And here is a video clip.And here is a video clip.
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Angela Merkel's speech – summary
Kate Connolly
My colleague Kate Connolly has more detail from Angela Merkel’s 20-minute speech to the Bundestag earlier. She was firm but rather passionate, and here are the key points.
We will make sure that negotiations will not be carried out as a cherry-picking exercise. There must be and there will be a palpable difference between those countries who want to be members of the European family and those who don’t ...
Whoever wants to leave this family cannot expect to shed all its responsibilities but keep the privileges ...
Those for example, who want free access to the single market will in return have to respect European basic rights and freedoms ... That’s true for GB just as much as for the others.
Free acccess to the single market is granted to those who accept the four basic European freedoms: that of people, goods, services and capital. Norway for instance is not a member of the European Union but has access to the single market because it accepts open migration from the European Union.
We understand that the UK doesn’t want to put forward this decision yet, but Britain needs to understand they’ll be no negotiations whatsoever until this decision has been made.
In my view Great Britain should have a great interest in ensuring the negotiations are both firm and friendly. Of course Germany is interested in this as well.
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Khan says he will challenge Tory leadership candidates to commit to single market access
Peter Walker
When you look at those countries outside the EU who have negotiated a deal in relation to the single market, they will have had to offer free movement of people. It’s for Boris Johnson to do the intellectual gymnastics he’ll have to do to explain his position.
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Anushka Asthana
Conservative MPs are under the impression that Boris Johnson has secured the support of the environment secretary, Elizabeth Truss, who was a high profile campaigner for Britain to remain in the EU. There had been talk of her running herself, so quite a coup for Johnson. Not confirmed yet so watch out.
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Sadiq Khan, the Labour mayor of London, gave a speech this morning at the Times CEO summit. Responding to the petition calling for London to become an independent city state, he said that much as he liked the idea, he did not think it was practical.
But he did want London to have more powers, he said.
In the four days since the referendum, 175,175 Londoners have signed a petition calling for London to become an independent city state.
This petition wasn’t started by a politician or pushed by any particular interest group.
It was an organic movement born out of Londoners desire to have more control over their city’s future.
Now, as much as I might like the idea of a London city state, I’m not seriously talking about independence today.
I am not planning to install border points on the M25!
But on behalf of all Londoners, I am demanding more autonomy for the capital - right now.
More autonomy in order to protect London’s economy from the uncertainty ahead.
More autonomy to protect the businesses from around the world who trade here.
According to his office, Khan wants “the devolution of fiscal responsibility including tax raising powers, as well as more control over business and skills, housing and planning, transport, health and policing and criminal justice.”
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Steven Morris
Plaid Cymru sees Brexit as the chance to move towards an independent Wales.
Today it is suggesting EU countries open diplomatic missions in Wales. Plaid’s spokesperson for external affairs, Steffan Lewis, said:
The leave campaign promised that Wales would still be able to trade with the EU, but until Westminster gets its act together, Welsh trade and Welsh relations with EU partners are stuck in limbo.
Welsh jobs and businesses cannot wait for this to happen. Plaid Cymru is calling on Welsh government to seek full and unfettered access to the UK’s diplomatic network in order to rebuild relations with our partners based on Welsh interests so that steps can be taken immediately to defend Welsh jobs and trade.
Plaid Cymru is also issuing a plea to our EU partners to open diplomatic offices in Cardiff so that a firm foundation can be laid for constructive and distinct relations between Wales and the rest of Europe. It is crucial that Wales finds its own international voice before article 50 is triggered by London and before we are irreversibly bound by the isolationist agenda that is prevailing in Westminster.
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In his speech Nigel Farage said the UK should invoke article 50 of the Lisbon treaty to begin withdrawal talks quickly. “I don’t think we should spend too long doing it,” he said.
And then he infuriated MEPs by saying none of them had had a proper job.
Now, I know that virtually none of you have ever done a proper job in your lives or worked in business or worked in trade or indeed ever created a job. But listen, just listen.
This prompted some MEPs to turn their backs on him. Martin Schulz, the president of the parliament, intervened and told Farage he was wrong to say this. Farage replied:
You’re quite right, Mr Schulz. Ukip used to protest against the establishment. Now the establishment protests against Ukip. So something has happened here.
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Farage says UK will not be last country to leave the EU
Here is more from the Nigel Farage speech.
What happened last Thursday was a remarkable result. It was a seismic result, not just for British politics, but for European politics [and] perhaps even for global politics too. Because what the little people did, what the ordinary people did, what the people who have been oppressed over the last few years and who have seen their living standards go down [did], they rejected the multinationals, they rejected the merchant banks, they rejected big politics. And they said, actually, we want our country back. We want our fishing waters back. We want our borders back. And we want to be an independent, self-governing, normal nation and that is what we have done and that is what must happen.
And in doing so we offer a beacon of hope to democrats across the rest of the European continent. I will make one prediction this morning; the United Kingdom will not be the last member state to leave the European Union.
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Farage tells MEPs they are in denial about the EU failing
Here is the start of Nigel Farage’s speech.
Isn’t it funny? When I came here 17 years ago and I said that I wanted to lead a campaign go get Britain out of the European Union, you all laughed at me. Well, I have to say, you’re not laughing now, are you?
And the reason you’re so upset, the reason you’re so angry, has been perfectly clear from all the angry exchanges this morning. You, as a political project, are in denial. You are in denial that your currency is failing.
At this point Farage was jeered. He went on:
Well, just look at the Mediterranean. As a policy to impose poverty and the rest of the Mediterranean, you’ve done very well. And you are in denial over Mrs Merkel’s call last year for as many people as possible to cross the Mediterranean into the European Union. [It] has led to massive divisions within countries and between countries.
But the biggest problem you’ve got, and the main reason the United Kingdom voted the way that it did, is that you have, by stealth, by deception, without ever telling the truth to the British or the rest of the people’s of Europe, you have imposed upon them a political union.
And when the people in 2005 in the Netherlands and France voted against the political union, when they rejected the constitution, you simply ignored them and brought the Lisbon treaty in through the back door.
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Farage booed by MEPs
Nigel Farage, the Ukip leader, has just finished addressing the European parliament.
MEPs turned their backs on him after he said none of them had ever done a proper day’s work, and they booed him at the end.
I will post a summary soon.
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According to the BBC, Liam Fox, the Conservative former defence secretary, has decided he will stand as a candidate in the Tory leadership contest.