JRM: "We have a new deal. It's really good. Really, really good." MPs: "Can we see it?" JRM: "No." MPs: "Can you at least tell us why this deal is better than May's proposal?" JRM: "Because I use the word 'good' to describe it."
"It is a really good, exciting deal... this deal is the tournedos Rossini of a deal" Leader of the House Jacob Rees-Mogg tells MPs the new Brexit deal is "a huge advance for the whole of the UK", urging the DUP to back the plan Live updates: http://bbc.in/2IZPlCL pic.twitter.com/haapyNhTp9
Jacob Rees-Mogg on new Brexit deal
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MPs: "Have you seen it?" JRM: "...No. But I know it's good!" MPs: "How?" JRG: "Because
#LiarJohnson told me it is!"
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I predict the day won't be out before they are telling the DUP "We voted for this together and this is Brexit".
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ERG will be spending the day merrily selling out the DUP whilst denying they're selling out the DUP. Trustworthy bunch these Tories.
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Tournedos Rossini relies on its reputation for using as an elevating ingredient the overfatty liver of a distressed maltreated goose. It is a perfect analogy for Brexit: cruel, unnecessary and only enjoyed by the rich.
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I suspect a lot of voters would settle for chicken in a basket at this stage, but well done.
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It still could end up as soup in a basket going by Boris's past record.
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Johnson resigned over the deal he is now putting forward. Leave are a sloppy joke. Time for the grown ups.
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No, technically the deal he resigned over was slightly better than this one, in a parliamentary sense.
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