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Friday, May 3

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Kemi Badenoch’s blunt five-word retort to SNP after pint-sized wine Brexit jibe

www.express.co.uk

Kemi Badenoch, one of the favourites to be the next Conservative Party leader, did not mince her words in a scathing House of Commons slapdown.

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Pint-sized bottles of wine to appear on supermarket shelves from September due to new post-Brexit trade rules - but MP claims there will be 'little to no demand'

www.dailymail.co.uk

The move to introduce the new 568ml size to sit alongside the 200ml and 500ml measures already available was announced by the Government in December.

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Poland's Brexit-hating PM Donald Tusk boasts Poles will be richer than Brits by 2030 because 'it's better to be in the EU'

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Poland's PM was European Council president during Brexit negotiations and was known for his extreme criticism of the decision to leave the EU.

Blackpool byelection shows Labour is back in Brexit-voting areas

www.theguardian.com

Result indicates sizeable Westminster majority, while Sunak has failed to recover ground since taking over from Liz Truss

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'Truly historic': Labour pulling off strong results with shock in Tory stronghold - as local elections show Brexit shift

news.sky.com

Labour has won control of a string of Leave-voting councils as results begin to roll in from the local elections across England and Wales.

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Richard Tice hails ‘outstanding’ Reform results as party hammers Tories in Brexit land

www.express.co.uk

Professor Sir John Curtice has warned the Tory vote is "way way down" thanks to Reform UK.

Thursday, May 2

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Post-Brexit checks ‘mean only the rich will be able to give flowers’, Lords told

The Government has been accused of ‘withering romance’ with their new import controls.

Post-Brexit checks ‘mean only the rich will be able to give flowers’, Lords told

The Government has been accused of ‘withering romance’ with their new import controls.

Post-Brexit checks ‘mean only the rich will be able to give flowers’, Lords told

www.standard.co.uk

The Government has been accused of ‘withering romance’ with their new import controls.

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The week that summed up the performative and inept nature of Brexit

www.ft.com

Also in this week’s newsletter, how post-Brexit trade continues to confound expectations

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The right’s Brexit 'bonfire of red tape' was just wind and smoke. And even Tories want more regulation now | Polly Toynbee

www.theguardian.com

Despite the huffing of ideologues, the world has moved on. Voters and businesses are calling for more effective protections

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Emmanuel Macron says 'Brexit has impoverished the UK and done nothing to solve immigration' and warns 'all European nationalists are hidden Brexiteers' ahead of Euro Parliament elections

www.dailymail.co.uk

Nationalist parties are surging ahead in the polls in France and across Europe, including Belgium's Vlaams Belang (Flemish Interest), and the far-right Freedom Party (FPO) in Austria.

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Fury as Gibraltar would have to 'follow EU rules' to cave to Spain under Brexit deal

www.express.co.uk

Under a proposed Brexit deal, Gibraltar might have to follow some EU rules to maintain an open border with Spain.

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Europhile Donald Tusk outrageously claims Poland will be better off than Brexit Britain

www.express.co.uk

Donald Tusk predicted that Poland's GDP per capita could surpass the UK's within five years.

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European judges to rule over Gibraltar: Brexit deal will mean the Rock would have to follow EU rules to appease Spain, UK ministers admit

www.dailymail.co.uk

Tory MPs have expressed 'considerable alarm' over the concessions the UK has agreed to, and questioned whether British sovereignty of the territory might be compromised as a result of the deal.

Wednesday, May 1

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More price rises and empty shelves on the cards as UK brings in Brexit border checks

theconversation.com

Physical checks on plant and animal products arriving from the EU will attract fees of up to £145.

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Ireland-UK relations hit 'crisis' point in Brexit border row after 'clear diplomatic snub'

www.express.co.uk

EXCLUSIVE: Ray Bassett said the Irish Justice Minister was intent on "blaming the British Government, Brexit and the Rwanda Act rather than her own failures".