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1/ I've been leaked details of a call between industry and Government today on Covid passports. In short: plan to have them ready to go May 17 for border reopening.

Alarm bells for UK-US trade deal. Figure advising Biden campaign on foreign policy tells me talks will NOT be priority in first 100 days. Blow for chances of a speedy

If Biden wins there will be an almighty scramble from the UK to keep the trade deal alive. Having chatted to well-placed sources this is my understanding for how Britain

If Trump wins next month there will be a slew of ‘the signs were there all along’ pieces. So perhaps it’s worth considering what those signs would be.... (quick thread)

Obama going in hard on Trump. "He hasn't shown any interest in doing the work or helping anybody but himself and his friends" ... "But the thing is this is

Trump: “What about Brexit? Did Cameron make a mistake?”May: “Look, it’s Conservative Party politics”. (A UK adviser explained why Cameron had to call vote) Trump: “Why isn’t Boris Johnson the

The Telegraph has been leaked details of notes made during seven high level UK-US meetings. They show Boris Johnson privately told US diplomats Trump was “making America great again”. Also

ExclusiveDonald Trump ordered the removal of UK ambassador Kim Darroch after his cables leaked. John Bolton tells @Telegraph the president called and said “get him out of here”.Thread...https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/09/04/reveal

EXC: Spain secretly lobbied the US Congress to strip Britain of its sole sovereignty over Gibraltar.7 current/ex members told me they got rebuked by the embassy after backing UK position,

**Thread**So many jaw-dropping allegations in the John Bolton book.Wash Post, NY Times and Wall St Journal have all seen copies. Here’s a list of just some of the most explosive

EXC: UK-US trade deal talks have been postponed indefinitely. Were to begin w/c March 23 but delayed (rightly for obvious reasons). Creates fresh doubt about getting deal before US election.

NEW Trump has asked two companies working on Covid-19 therapies to see if they can help Boris.“We’ve contacted all of Boris’s doctors”, he says. Offered help. “They are ready to