Inside Politics: Corbyn loyalist mulls late entry in Labour leadership race

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Are the space aliens bored of Brexit? Scared of Trump? Keen to get a vote in the Labour leadership contest? It seems extraterrestials might be trying to communicate something or other after astronomers detected a mysterious radio signal coming from a nearby galaxy. Boris Johnson – on the verge of getting his Brexit bill through the Commons today – is ignoring all efforts by the life forms on the opposition benches to communicate the bill’s flaws. Westminster watchers, meanwhile, are trying to decode messages given off by the new EU Commission chief after her first contact with the PM at No 10. And Barry Gardiner is sending out signals he could make a dramatic late arrival in the Labour leadership contest. I’m Adam Forrest, and welcome to The Independent’s daily Inside Politics briefing.

Inside the bubble

Our political editor Andrew Woodcock on what to look out for in SW1 today: