NEW: Conservative Central Suffolk and North Ipswich MP Dan Poulter defects to Labour. Cites state of the NHS.

Crossing the floor from Conservative to Labour or vice versa is rare. Only the second MP to do so in this parliament.

theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

That Edginton fellow from GB News again.

'Our'? Who is this 'our'?

Morning.

Thrrrrrrrrrrrread.

Fascinating stuff.

Also: This Edginton bloke’s a bit … odd, isn’t he?! 😳🙄😳

Woman who shagged Boris Johnson blames feminism for being depressed. Right oh.

'If'

New: we were told Brexit would make food cheaper.

Next week, border checks on EU imports begin which will make food more expensive.

Analysis for ITV News shows the government’s BTOM could add £8.50 a month to the average household shop.

Full story 👇
itv.com/news/2024-04-2…

(Still not) facing up to Brexit. New post on my Brexit & Beyond Blog. What recent Brexit news stories tell us about EU-UK relations and the domestic politics of Brexit - and what the future might hold for both: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2024/04/still-…

Watch this carefully: either The 22-mile trip for post-Brexit border controls will involve nugatory checks or the extra red tape - yes, that Brexit word - will lead to higher food prices ft.com/content/b0b1c3… via @ft

I suspect this is caused by the need for a bigger politainment 'rush' (and something to write about) than anything real.

See also Harry Cole.

🚨🚨 This is a quite significant development for the EU's external relations. Association agreements normally include privileged links with third countries and deeper forms of integration. Key content here is the following: 🧵

Thread from a few years ago
twitter.com/EFTA4UK/status…

One often hears this piece of 'wisdom' about it being preferable to have someone inside the tent pissing out rather than outside the tent pissing in.

The problem is the individual inside the tent can piss over everyone else in it.

See also: Suella Braverman

Very good Britain after Brexit Peter Foster briefing yesterday, particularly this. Had been meaning to write about how EU approach is dated, and several folk including Jill Rutter have suggested how UK could handle EU relations better than single lead... ft.com/content/358f3e…

And good morning to you too...

Far be it for me to challenge the great Sir John Curtice, but I think this theory still presupposes the UK will leap from roughly where it is now to Rejoin.

I don't think it will - it'll move closer. And paradoxically, moving closer might lessen support for Rejoin.