Very important - the UK government has to say this because yesterday the PM gave exactly the opposte message and will have left the EU feeling that he will now cave to anything they suggest. In any case the deal is the deal, and he has to decide yes or no. https://twitter.com/SamCoatesSky/status/1325554117570416646

Meanwhile I think UK farmers will be very interested to learn that with regard to a potential US trade deal "the core elements are agreed" h/t playbook. US food standards being THE core element for the US yesterday, today, and tomorrow. Hmmm...

No getting away from the UK's decisions now. Never has it been more obvious that negotiations with the EU and US and really in both cases internal UK negotiations - between the government and their backbenchers, and government and a very large UK food standards lobby.

Incidentally amazing number of government briefings about a UK-US trade deal considering all those here who say the UK government already realises there can be no deal. As per the EU, explanation that makes most sense is sheer hope on the government's part that it can be easy...

Similarly on the Good Friday Agreement it has to be said that a UK government not trusted by a single community in Northern Ireland, or in Ireland, the EU, and the next US President, might perhaps not "explain" but reassure.

Problems for the UK government. Mounting up. Time for decisions and good communication, instead expect another week of increasingly desperate smoke and mirrors. https://twitter.com/SJAMcBride/status/1325712200238030853