Boris Johnson news: Leo Varadkar says Brexit deal is ‘possible’ by end of October after crunch talks with PM
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Your support makes all the difference.Boris Johnson and his Irish counterpart Leo Varadkar have met for private talks on The Wirral and have agreed there is a “pathway” to a possible Brexit agreement.
It comes as Andrea Leadsom suggested the PM could send a second letter to the EU explaining he does not want any Brexit delay, alongside the letter asking for an Article 50 extension required by the Benn Act.
England’s Chief Medical Officer Professor Dame Sally Davies, meanwhile, has warned that people could die as a result of a no-deal Brexit.
“There may be deaths,” she said.
Philip Hammond, Amber Rudd and David Gauke are leading talks with other Conservatives who lost the party whip last month to form a new political group, BuzzFeed News reported.
The three former cabinet ministers have joined around 10 former Tory MPs to discuss running in the next general election under a grouping with a shared position on Brexit.
They would pool resources, donations and polling under the plans, according to BuzzFeed News.
Following Mr Gove's accusation that the Scottish government has undermined the Brexit process, a spokesman for Scottish Brexit secretary Mike Russell said: "On the day that England's Chief Medical Officer warned that people's lives were at risk because of a no-deal Brexit, it is clearer than ever that Michael Gove and the UK government are not acting in the best interests of Scotland or of the UK. No amount of bluster can deflect from that.
"Mr Gove has completely ignored Scotland's overwhelming vote to remain in the EU, and has ignored every attempt to find compromise from the Scottish government - so we will take absolutely no lectures from him on democracy.
"We are preparing as best as we can for Brexit, but no one can fully mitigate the impact of the Brexit chaos that Mr Gove's government is set to inflict on us."
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