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Hello. And welcome to Brexit Groundhog Day. Once again, we start Monday with information that Theresa May would be facing a crucial week when key decisions regarding the Brexit withdrawal agreement will have to be made. Again, we are faced with the possibility that this might prove impossible. The analogy with the film is valid up to a point, but it may not be a reliable guide for the future. Groundhog day is over.
There's a lot of Brexit this morning, but the key spot of the Today program has gone to Sir Keir Starmer, the secretary of Brexit shadow. He was also on Sky.
At the end of last week, Jeremy Corbyn alarmed Labor's pro-Europeans by informing the German newspaper Der Spiegel that Brexit could not be stopped. Here is an excerpt from the interview written in English.
DER SPIEGEL: Not only the Labor Party, but the whole country is extremely divided at the moment, especially because of Brexit. If you could stop Brexit, would you?
Corbyn: We can not stop it. The referendum took place. Article 50 has been triggered. What we can do is recognize the reasons why people have voted on leave.
This morning, Starmer insisted that Corbyn was wrong. He told Sky News:
Brexit can be stopped. But the real question is what decisions are we going to make over the next few weeks and months?
Decision 1 is on the market. The two decision is if the transaction fails in the event of general elections and the decision three there is no general election, all options must be on the table, including the option of a public vote.
This is the clear position. Jeremy is registered for that. I am registered for that.
I will post more of his interviews shortly.
Here is the agenda of the day:
9am: Jacob Rees-Mogg, Tory Brexiter and President of the European Research Group, holds his conference call on LBC.
11h: Downing Street lobby briefing.
12:15: Gordon Brown, the former Labor Prime Minister, delivers a speech on Brexit at the Institute for Government.
14h: Four pro-left parties from Northern Ireland, Sinn Fein, the SDLP, the Alliance Party and the Greens, hold a briefing in Westminster.
16h: The EU holds a press conference after the General Affairs Council today.
As usual, I will also cover political news as you go, while providing you with the best reactions, comments and analysis of the Web. I plan to post a summary at lunchtime and another when I finish at around 6pm.
Here is Politico Europe's summary of this morning's political news. And here is PoliticsHome's list of the 10 best readers today.
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