Rolling coverage of all the day’s political developments as they happen, including Brexit secretary David Davis’s statement to the Commons on the government’s latest plans for leaving the EU
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MPs return to the Commons today after their summer recess and the highlight will be a statement from David Davis, the new Brexit secretary, about the government’s plans for leaving the EU. We’ve been told that Brexit means Brexit, but beyond that relatively little has been said about what Brexit will entail and Davis’s statement may enlighten us (but probably only marginally – don’t expect the full negotiating prospectus). In a statement released overnight Davis stressed that Britain’s future outside the EU would be marvellous.
Brexit isn’t about making the best of a bad job. It is about seizing the huge and exciting opportunities that will flow from a new place for Britain in the world. There will be new freedoms, new opportunities, new horizons for this great country.
Now I’m not going to pretend it will be plain sailing. There’ll be some difficult times ahead.
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Sig Nordal 