A memo from a Downing Street source suggesting Britain would refuse to work with EU countries who accept a delay to article 50 should make the government “ashamed”, a former cabinet minister has said. It also describes the British parliament as being “as popular as the clap”. Instead, what they are doing is angrily, apparently, begging the EU not to support a delay that will be required because of the decision that parliament has taken. The transport secretary, Grant Shapps, sought to play down the 400-word memo on the Today progamme, saying the source of it was unknown. “They think now that if there is another delay we will keep coming back with new proposals.

Source: The Guardian October 08, 2019 09:30 UTC