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10.43am BST
In an interview on the Today programme James Cleverly, the Conservative party chairman, was asked about the point raised by Diane Abbott (see 10.26am) - the impact of a no-deal Brexit on criminal justice cooperation with the EU.
Asked if Britain had had assurances from the EU that policing, intelligence and counter-terrorism sharing would continue in the event of a no-deal Brexit, Cleverly was unable to give a firm yes. Instead he replied:
The EU are sensible pragmatic people and it would be in no-one’s interest to reduce the amount of intelligence sharing and co-operation that we do.
It’s not in their interest, it’s not in our interest, these are smart, sensible and pragmatic people and it is unrealistic to think that they would hamper their own safety or attempt to hamper ours, it’s ridiculous.
10.26am BST
Diane Abbott, the shadow home secretary, had the 8.10 slot on the Today programme this morning. Here are the key points from her interview.
I think it’s going to create chaos, it’s going to be very problematic for business, but it’s going to be very difficult for EU nationals.
There are currently three million here altogether, a million have registered for settled status, there’s no possibility of two million registering between now and the 31st October, and then those EU nationals that were here but haven’t registered for settled status will be in the exact same position as the Windrush people.
The truth is one of the problems about leaving the EU without a deal is we will lose access to all the EU databases that the police and the security services have relied on and we will lose it on the stroke of the end of the day on October 31st.
Jeremy is the leader of the Labour party, as Jo Swinson needs to remember, and he can’t stay to one side on an issue such as this, but what he can do is try and bring both wings of the Labour movement together.
I believe that Jeremy will do what he’s always done, which is do what he thinks is best for the country and best for the Labour movement. Continue reading...