Barry Parkin #FBPE

Britain will never vote to rejoin - and, for all their protestations, Labour politicians know it. Me in the Telegraph. Paywall down. telegraph.co.uk/gift/ac4274f29…

Since the debate on Britain rejoining the EU has opened up two questions have emerged as central. Would the UK be forced to join the Euro or the passport-free Schengen Area? The truth I explain for @arguablymag, is that if you look closely at the treaties, the UK would have a veto of any implementation of its Schengen membership, as would Ireland who is not in Schengen — which is of course like us committed to an open border on the island of Ireland as per the Good Friday Agreement. The UK also would join the Union with an automatic derogation on Euro membership until it had fulfilled the Maastricht criteria, key bits of which are at their own discretion. If the EU wanted a Rejoin government to win the referendum, it could simply clarify these points before any campaign. Neither of which is a concession but a statement of legal fact. This means a referendum, per polling, is eminently winnable. arguably.uk/p/a-good-rejoi…

A blue plaque is to be unveiled to commemorate a defining confrontation which helped halt the spread of fascism in Wales in the 1930s wp.me/p8Mk4U-1lMO

Robert Jenrick under investigation by Metropolitan Police re possible illegal foreign donation for failed Tory leadership bid. Jenrick’s wife Michal Berkner lawyer for the donor, was warned the £40k actually came from a US fraudster. Where's the noise? #BBCBreakfast #r4today

Robert Kenyon, who is running for Reform in the Makerfield by-election, once claimed women get abortions for "vanity purposes" trib.al/8O4k1VX