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Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments as they happen, as MPs return to the Commons after the Easter recess with the Brexit deadlock continuing Lunchtime summary 3.05pm BST Labour has opposed the decision to invite Donald Trump to the UK for a state visit in June. The party has put out this statement from Emily Thornberry, the shadow foreign secretary. It beggars belief that on the very same day Donald Trump is threatening to veto a UN resolution against the use of rape as a weapon of war, Theresa May is pressing ahead with her plans to honour him with a State Visit to the UK. This is a president who has systematically assaulted all the shared values that unite our two countries, and unless Theresa May is finally going to stand up to him and object to that behaviour, she has no business wasting taxpayers’ money on all the pomp, ceremony and policing costs that will come with this visit. 2.35pm BST Ian Jones from the Press Association has the latest European elections polling. Still early days in the EU election campaign, but a rolling average of polls suggests upward trends for the Brexit Party, Greens and Change UK. pic.twitter.com/brpeekpU4C 2.10pm BST It seems to me that the better the Brexit party does on May 23, the less chance there is of the people of this great country being insulted by being made to vote again. I think we can stop a second referendum. 2.07pm BST This is from Jeremy Hunt, the foreign secretary. That exclamation mark at the end suggests Hunt has been reading too many tweets from Donald Trump himself. Big news: @realDonaldTrump and @MELANIATRUMP will be hosted by Her Majesty The Queen for their first State Visit to the United Kingdom in June. The transatlantic relationship has been the foundation of global peace and prosperity for many years – and great things are yet to come! 2.00pm BST Nicola Sturgeon is to give a “detailed and substantive” statement on Brexit and her hopes for a second independence referendum to the Scottish parliament on Wednesday, even though a fog of confusion surrounds the UK’s future with the EU. With that in mind, her spokesman again hinted Sturgeon will reject demands for greater urgency from pro-independence hardliners and insist a referendum can only take place when Scottish voters are ready for one. The first minister will give a detailed and substantive statement setting out a path forward for Scotland amid the ongoing Brexit confusion at Westminster. The first minister will take time to set out her thoughts on that front and in doing so she will seek to strike an inclusive tone. [It] will obviously touch on Scotland’s future and it will touch obviously on her thoughts on independence and how that relates to where the country currently finds itself. Related: Scottish independence: new vote depends on Brexit outcome – Sturgeon 1.39pm BST Here is a question from BTL that is worth addressing because it is likely to become increasingly topical in the coming weeks. Could parliament stop a new Conservative leader opting for a no-deal Brexit? @AndrewSparrow First a big welcome back! 12.49pm BST There are two urgent questions and three statements in the Commons later. 2 urgent questions:@Ed_Miliband - climate action and #ExtinctionRebellion Sir Michael Fallon - delay to award of the new south-east rail franchise Followed by 3 statements:@Jeremy_Hunt- Sri Lanka@NIOgov - Northern Ireland Update@claireperrymp - #ClimateChange policy pic.twitter.com/SjqomRuhMm 12.39pm BST Theresa May has issued this statement on President Trump’s state visit. The UK and United States have a deep and enduring partnership that is rooted in our common history and shared interests. We do more together than any two nations in the world and we are both safer and more prosperous because of our cooperation. D-Day was an unparalleled international military operation and a turning point in the second world war. The freedom we have today would not be possible without the incredible sacrifice of troops from across the world 75 years ago. I am proud that the UK will host representatives and veterans from allied nations to pay tribute to that sacrifice and recognise the extraordinary cooperation that made the Normandy landings possible. 12.29pm BST Downing Street has confirmed Donald Trump’s state visit to the UK in June. Here is an extract from the news release. In the first week of June the UK will host the state visit of President Trump as well as a major D-Day commemoration event. The president and first lady will make a state visit to the UK on 3-5 June, as announced by Buckingham Palace this afternoon. 12.19pm BST Theresa May was “empty chaired” as Swedish environmental protester Greta Thunberg met Westminster party leaders for a round-table discussion in the House of Commons, the Press Association reports. Thunberg met Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, Liberal Democrat Sir Vince Cable, Green MP Caroline Lucas and the Westminster leaders of the Scottish National Party and Plaid Cymru, Ian Blackford and Liz Saville Roberts. A place at the table was left free for May, with a sign bearing her name, but she did not attend. The Prime Minister was instead chairing Cabinet in 10 Downing Street. Opening the talks, Thunberg - who earlier met Commons Speaker John Bercow - told the MPs: “We just want people to listen to the science.” 12.10pm BST The Green party has dismissed Change UK as “a single-issue party with no coherent policy platform beyond opposing Brexit”. This is from Molly Scott Cato, who is standing for re-election as a Green MEP in the South West. Change UK are a single-issue party with no coherent policy platform beyond opposing Brexit. This is a re-branding exercise for former Conservative and Labour politicians who presided over cuts to public services and the relentless growth in inequality. And we have no idea which group in the European parliament any elected MEPs would join. Greens on the other hand are the most electorally successful pro-EU party standing in this election and Green votes are more likely to send pro-EU MEPs to Brussels than votes for any other party. We are standing candidates in all 28 EU nations and polls suggest Greens will increase their number of MEPs. 11.38am BST Gavin Esler, the former Newsnight presenter who is now a Change UK candidate for London, is speaking at the event now. He says he has never been a member of a political party before. He has never been seriously worried about the future of our country, but he is now. I have never been a candidate in an election but I am now. I have never been seriously worried about the future of our country but I am now. They stole our patriotism. And I want it back. 11.30am BST Heidi Allen, the Change UK interim leader, is speaking at her party’s campaign launch in Bristol. She says she feels like a “proud TIGer mum” introducing her candidates (from TIG, The Independent Group). 11.29am BST And on the subject of the European elections, the Evening Standard is revealing that Rachel Johnson, Boris’s sister, will be a Change UK candidate at the elections in May. This might be seen as a display of loyalty typical of the Johnson family. Two years ago Rachel joined the Lib Dems. Former Tory health secretary Stephen Dorrell will stand in the West Midlands, with ex-Tory MP Neil Carmichael running in the East of England. In London, candidates include former Labour MEP Carole Tongue and Karen Newman, a member of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, plus human rights barrister Jessica Simor QC, one of the lawyers who secured the parliamentary vote on Article 50. 11.21am BST Q: Have you spoken to President Trump about your new party? Will you meet him when he comes to London? Farage says he has not spoken to Trump in the last five weeks. The Brexit party had not been formed then. 11.18am BST Q: Having been to a private school, and having a background in banking, what do you have in common with ordinary people? Farage says he never worked in banking. Next question. 11.16am BST Q: In the past you said you would not mind a second referendum because you thought leave would win. Is that still your view? Farage says what he said was that leave voters had to get read for a second referendum. 11.14am BST Q: You talk about targeting Labour heartlands. How do you think you will be received there? And, if you try to become an MP again, will you stand in a Labour seat? On the issue of standing as an MP, Farage says he is focused on this election. 11.09am BST Q: Isn’t it the case that the best way to get the Brexit you want is to have a change of Tory leader? Voting Brexit party in the European elections won’t make much difference. Shouldn’t you focus on changing Tory leader? Farage says, in previous European election campaigns, he was told those elections would not change a thing. But he thinks he proved that argument wrong. 11.05am BST Nigel Farage is now taking questions at the Brexit party event. Q: Are you in talks with any senior Tories about defecting? And are you going to publish a manifesto? What does Brexit mean to you? 11.01am BST Speaking at the start of the Brexit party news conference, Nigel Farage said he would be going after the Labour vote in the European elections “in a very big way”. He said: There are five million people that voted for Jeremy Corbyn and voted for Brexit as well and that’s going to be our task. I think we will go on squeezing the Conservatives and squeezing Ukip down to virtually nothing. Candidate announcement! Charity leader and CEO @Math_Patten is standing for The Brexit Party in the upcoming EU elections to unlock Britain’s potential. pic.twitter.com/HfXJn4ApL7 Former nurse and community leader Christina Jordan is our latest candidate for The Brexit Party. Christina came to Britain in 1985, now she wants to stand up for the 17.4 million. pic.twitter.com/MoNO8LipRZ Businessman and owner of H.Forman and Son @LanceForman is now standing as a candidate for The Brexit Party. We need people with real life experience taking leadership, not this current useless political class. pic.twitter.com/upw8j4tXDT 10.51am BST The next new Brexit party candidate speaking at its news conference is James Glancy, a former soldier and a conservationist. .@jaglancy, veteran and broadcaster is standing for The Brexit Party in the upcoming European elections because he believes in Britain. Let’s change politics for good! pic.twitter.com/6O2A1C8RhA 10.49am BST The Brexit party press conference has started. The party has unveiled a new candidate - Claire Fox, the broadcaster and head of the Institute of Ideas thinktank. The party is describing her as “someone from the left”. .@Fox_Claire is standing for The Brexit Party as someone from the left. This isn’t about left or right, this is about democracy. pic.twitter.com/8QJaIr9aHf 10.38am BST Heidi Allen, the former Tory MP who is now interim leader of Change UK (the independent group), which was formed recently by eight Labour MPs and three Conservatives, was on the Today programme speaking ahead of its European election campaign launch later. Here are the key points. Do I believe however that a general election is a smart thing right now for our country? Absolutely not. We need to find a way through. I don’t believe the talks between Jeremy Corbyn and Theresa May will lead anywhere. I don’t believe some customs union deal will emerge that can unite parliament. So we are going round and round circles. A general election would fix nothing. It wouldn’t change the splintering in the two main parties. The only way out of this is to put the decision back to the people in a confirmatory vote. Heidi Allen confirming that TIG won’t precipitate a gen election - and not saying say if they would ever be a partner in *any* coalition type government” (my emphasis). Sounds a lot like they don’t rule out being in coalition with the Tories. So much for change. Via @danbloom1 pic.twitter.com/TBv4fSJtqb I know a lot of people have concerns about this … The way the election system works, we genuinely don’t believe that that vote would be split, not least because it relies heavily on polling. We have no idea which parties will do better or worse in a particular region. Remain has motivation on its side, but it also has a very significant problem. Its own vote is split four ways. The Hanbury poll put the Liberal Democrats on 8.1%, Change UK on 4.1%, the SNP on 4.1% and the Greens on 4.0%. This is a catastrophic divide. It means that outside of the SNP these parties might not even win a single seat. 9.48am BST As my colleague Matthew Weaver reports, we are expecting an announcement today confirming that Donald Trump will make a state visit to the UK in June. Related: Donald Trump plans state visit to UK in June This demonstration isn’t just about Trump as one man. He is a symbol of the new far right, a politics of Islamophobia and anti-semitism, of war and conflict, and walls and fences that are growing around the world. We are fighting against the British government’s own disgraceful “hostile environment” policies, as well as Trump’s border wall. It is time for everyone who opposes this politics of hate and bigotry to stand up and be counted. 9.15am BST Good morning. I hope you all had a good Easter. And welcome back to the Brexit Groundhog Day vortex of doom. If that seems a bit harsh, I’m afraid it’s just a reflection of what people seem to feel about Brexit, as this recent research (pdf) from the Britain Thinks public opinion consultancy confirms. (See two of the slides below.) If you voted remain in 2016, then the news over the last three years has been grim, and even though the recent decision to extend article 50 until the end of October must slightly increase the chances of a second referendum, the probability of Brexit being reversed remains small. And if you voted leave - well, events haven’t gone your way either. “I wasn’t trained to lose,” the arch-Brexiter Mark Francois famously declared last month. But even without the requisite training, he and his fellow Brexiters pulled it off quite easily, and their attempt to prevent the article 50 extension was defeated. Related: May should go today, says senior 1922 Committee member I hope she does accept the fact the call for her resignation now is growing into a clamour. It’s not now just within Westminster - we’ve heard the news that 70 chairs of Conservative associations throughout the country have now said that they reluctantly have no confidence in the prime minister … We need fresh leadership of the Conservative party as quickly as possible - it can’t start soon enough. Am told @TheIndGroup will unveil some “household names” among their list of candidates for Euro elections Continue reading…
