But amid a swirl of procedural manoeuvring, the opposition backed away from forcing a binding vote in the Commons. She will tell today’s cabinet meeting that no-deal planning is being accelerated and the doomsday scenario is a real possibility if her deal is rejected. The peers say the UK has failed to exert any influence on the Trump administration’s foreign policy, which appears “deliberately chaotic”. The Mirror splashes on what it calls Jamie Oliver’s “tie-up” with the oil giant Shell: “Green Jamie’s £5m deal with Shell” is the headline. Sign upThe Guardian morning briefing is delivered to thousands of inboxes bright and early every weekday.

Source: The Guardian December 18, 2018 06:23 UTC