There are many things wrong with our country but being part of the EU is not one of them. So the UK and its gov’t will exhaust itself in pursuit of a futile objective with #Brexit, making people worse off rather than better off. Very sad.

Well, well. Turns out the notoriously secretive anti-NHS think tank Institute of Economic Affairs - whose bosses have donated thousands to Matt Hancock - is bankrolled by big tobacco. What an appalling conflict of interest. And profoundly worrying for public health. independent.co.uk/news/health/bi…

I look forward to reading the analysis of this move from those advocating that the UK exits the EU with no-deal because WTO terms are so good. Or perhaps they can wait until next week and publicly raise the matter with our Presidential visitor

US Ambassador to the UK Woody Johnson tells #Marr that the whole of the economy, including the #NHS, will be “on the table” in a future US-UK trade deal after Brexit bbc.in/2Mn6Zof

As Trump urges UK toward No Deal Brexit, a reminder to British readers: Trump is not your friend. He does not wish you well. He wants you helpless theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

Like Putin, Trump backs Brexit as it risks the post war order that keeps Europeans safe. Like China, Trump tries to pick off individual EU countries, as alone they are weaker. RT if you want a united Europe capable of defending its values & interests! bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…

Be in no doubt. A trade deal with Donald Trump will mean US corporations get to privatise and dismantle our NHS one bed at a time. #TrumpProtest x.com/peoplesvote_uk…

In the end Brexit will be reversed because the under 50s overwhelmingly hate it (not to mention a majority of the non-English of all generations) and reversing it will be their cause until that is accomplished. But in the meantime it can do terrible damage.

Former US Treasury Sec. Larry Summers annihilates the case for No Deal on #r4today "Britain is desperate ... When you have a desperate partner, that's when you strike the hardest bargain." "Leaving Europe has to be the worst way to give you leverage

Whitehall source: “This is the biggest parliamentary showdown since the civil war. It will come down to who is cleverer: Dom and Nikki or John Bercow and Dominic Grieve." buzzfeed.com/alexwickham/bo…

At #saastrscale check-in, SaaStr.ai staff: "we love Beefree, we use it for all our emails". How do you start a conference better than this? #productlove #mademyday #scaleup

If true, sensational & the most damaging leak the BJ administration has suffered

Extraordinary that Theresa May's former chief of staff gives credence to reports that Johnson is going through sham negotiations to get a deal with EU, and in reality is bent on no deal. Again raises the Johnson character issue. Is he trustworthy ?

and Philip Hammond on “disingenuous” govt pretence at negotiations “ there IS no progress” and in effect no serious negotiation at all. “ there isn’t even a negotiating team.” So in fact gvt is lying

I won’t vote for a General Election. Not yet. This is so obviously a trap. If we did so the PM is in charge of the timetable and I don’t believe anything that comes out of BJs mouth. If he says Oct 14th may as well say Oct 41st. In which case we crash out. No thank you

Killer line from a tearful Nicholas Soames in the Commons, thanking "my right honourable friend the PM [Johnson], the Leader of the House [Rees-Mogg] and other members of the Cabinet whose serial disloyalty has been such an inspiration to so many of us." Ouch

Magisterial read from Max Hastings on the decline and fall of the Tories, spiced with delicious quotes (Yes, I know it could all come good on election night but right now it looks, well, dicey)ft.com/content/b6571a… via @financialtimes

The BBC reaction to Nicky Morgan saying the BBC faces being Blockbuster in a Netflix-world is the punchiest I've seen in a while.

😂😂😂😂 (end bit indeed)