Tweeting a link to the article, he commented: “ Divided EU: sausage and fish wars conceal deeper tensions.... We must not allow this to continue, otherwise we will simply end up a mirror image of the EU, without any of the benefits Brexit can provide.”[ THIS IS A LIVE BLOG-SCROLL DOWN FOR REGULAR UPDATES]....

The Home Secretary held crunch talks with her French counterpart Gerald Darmanin this afternoon and sources say Ms Patel warned him “ the British public expect to see results ”.... In a speech at the British-Irish Association in Oxford, he said that the Northern Ireland Protocol needed" substantial and significant change".... Just a huge tax rise.” His tweet follows Mr Johnson's announcement of an overhaul of health and social care funding, in a move that will break key Tory manifesto promises

CLICK HERE FOR FRIDAY'S LIVE BLOG. Another added:" You must be a leaver, you keep living in the past( 11 years ago in this case)." A third said:" Honestly you using corrupt cabinet/ untrustworthy/ charlatan." A fourth added:" Brexit the greatest thing to happen to our country in generations.... Can we plead with New Zealand and do some sort of football type transfer?... We can promise some unicorns to sweeten the deal." Another added:" It's what we deserve....

This weekend, UK Cabinet ministers hardened their rhetoric in a bid to push Brussels into further concessions by warning of possible disruption to peace in the region.In a joint article in the Irish Times on Saturday, Brexit minister Lord Frost and Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis said the extension of the grace period on chilled meats was" welcome" but added it" addresses only a small part of the underlying problem". They warned the deal risks" damage" to the Good Friday Agreement, whic