Inside Politics: Coronavirus special: Boris Johnson wants EU trade deal done next month

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Despite pleas not to jeopardise the national recovery, there have been warnings of more illegal raves and an underground club scene emerging as young people get bored and impatient with lockdown rules. One 22-year-old told the BBC: “I’m not going to stay in forever.” Boris Johnson is getting bored and impatient with EU rules and has told us he’s not going to stay in the single market forever. The PM has raised the spectre of a no-deal exit once again – despite the real possibility it will jeopardise the national recovery. I’m Adam Forrest, and welcome to The Independent’s daily Inside Politics briefing during the pandemic.

Inside the bubble

Our chief political correspondent John Rentoul on what to look out for on Tuesday:

Chancellor Rishi Sunak is up first in the Commons today, answering a question about the economy and the wind-down of the furlough scheme. Boris Johnson is making a statement about “Global Britain”, followed by Michael Gove, with a separate update about UK-EU negotiations (the short version: no progress). Also a busy day in select committees. BBC bosses and Channel 4’s chief executive will be talking about “the future of public service broadcasting”.

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FUEL TO THE FIRE: Boris Johnson said he saw no reason why a trade deal could not be done in July, after his virtual meeting with European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen. The PM said “a bit of oomph” was needed and called on the EU to “put a tiger in the tank”. He added: “I certainly don’t want to see it going on until the autumn, winter as I think perhaps in Brussels they would like.” Although the sides agreed to intensify talks next month, European Council president Charles Michel said the EU will not accept a “pig in a poke” deal, and insisted a level playing field on post-Brexit regulations remained “essential”. Is a summer breakthrough at all realistic? France’s former Europe, the influential MEP Nathalie Loiseau, said: “We are getting prepared more actively to a no-deal, considering the circumstances.”

CHAIN REACTION: A group of 90 major food chains, including Pizza Hut and Wagamama, have written to the PM pleading with him to drop the two-metre rule – claiming they will need support on tax and rents if social distancing isn’t relaxed. Health minister Edward Argar could not say if a new review into the two-metre rule would be finished for the planned restart of restaurants and pubs in England on 4 July. Will No 10 defy their scientific advisers on the issue? Intriguingly, Dominic Raab appeared alone at Monday’s press conference. The foreign secretary said scientific opinion remains “fluid”, and noted that it is ministers who make decisions. As the Twitterati marvelled at the Primark queues on Monday, data shows retail footfall increased by almost 40 per cent compared with a week ago. Meanwhile, the latest ONS figures show workers on company payrolls slumped by more than 600,000 between March and May.

NO 10 VS NO 10: It looks like there’s a backbench rebellion brewing over the decision to end free school meal vouchers next month after Man United’s No 10 Marcus Rashford spoke out in favour of a summer extension. Robert Halfon, the education committee chair, said “Marcus Rashford is right”, while fellow Tory MP Jason McCartney added: “It’s not about politics … it’s about doing what’s right for young people around the country. Although Downing Street and the Department for Education insisted the decision would not be reversed, Rashford responded: “We aren’t beaten yet.” Meanwhile, the PM’s promise of another review into racial inequality (which No 10 said would also look at issues facing working-class white boys) didn’t go down well with the opposition. Labour’s David Lammy said it was “back of a fag packet” stuff, while the Lib Dems branded it a “botched PR move”.

AIN’T THAT A SHAME: Donald Trump has fired back at claims his upcoming Tulsa rally was irresponsible, claiming that the “Far Left Fake News Media … is trying to Covid Shame us on our big Rallies”. The president has also responded to an upcoming book by John Bolton by claiming his former national security adviser had been known not to tell the truth, also warning Bolton might have legal issues. Trump’s niece Mary Trump is also set to publish a potentially damaging book – the splendidly-titled Too Much And Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man.

DEPLORABLE IN DELHI: New Delhi’s health minister Satyendar Jain has been taken to hospital with high fever and tested for coronavirus. India’s capital is running out of hospital beds amid a surge in cases, as the city struggles to contain the pandemic. Some families of people infected with Covid-19 have complained about having to hunt for beds for relatives after hospitals turned them away. Others said patients had been left unattended in hospital corridors, while local media reports of dead bodies in a hospital lobby prompted India’s Supreme Court to criticise the “deplorable state of affairs”.

LOCATION MANAGERS: Amnesty International has warned that the coronavirus contact-tracing apps introduced in Kuwait and Bahrain are among the most “highly invasive” apps in the world. The human rights group said the “Shlonik” and “BeAware Bahrain” apps were conducting live (or near-live) monitoring of users’ location by putting GPS co-ordinates on a central server. Since users in both countries are required to give their national ID number, researchers said the authorities would be able to link individuals to their location. The apps are “running roughshod over people’s privacy,” said Amnesty.

On the record

“It is deeply worrying and frankly immature that Britain is still having a conversation about whether racism exists.”

Shadow justice secretary David Lammy on the racial equality review.

From the Twitterati

“Some of you on here are saying that poor children shouldn’t be given a food voucher that will stop them from going hungry. Think about that for a second.”

Gary Lineker backs Marcus Rashford’s call for food vouchers over summer…

“Marcus Rashford is the first player to become leader of the opposition before he’s captained his team.”

…and football writer Duncan Alexander thinks Rashford makes a good politician.

Essential reading

Sean O’Grady, The Independent: The far right is on the streets again – but this time it’s inside our Tory government too

Claudia Webbe, The Independent: The government’s record on equality is appalling and it needs fixing

Rachel Sylvester, The Times: Keir Starmer should finish the purge of Corbynism

Mark Joseph Stern, Slate: The Supreme Court just tanked Trump’s anti-trans agenda

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