Just in: Theresa May has opened the door to a softer Brexit and another Brexit delay. The UK prime minister is also offering to work with Labour's Jeremy Corbyn to find a solution to the country's political crisis. https://t.co/6UyIx60vwD
— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) April 2, 2019
If a majority of the Cabinet really did back a no-deal Brexit, and the prime minister has simply ignored them, then I expect they've all resigned. pic.twitter.com/XV1qRvXFy5
— Robert Hutton (@RobDotHutton) April 2, 2019
Jeremy Corbyn says he is "very happy to meet" UK PM Theresa May for #Brexit talks, but adds Labour's proposals to "ensure" there is a customs union with the EU will be on the tablehttps://t.co/9tWIlokUTX pic.twitter.com/2SorBS0J4f
— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) April 2, 2019
She should have been speaking to Jeremy Corbyn every week since 2017. I hope he goes in and says exactly as we have been saying, we will vote for her deal if she puts it to the people. Jeremy has been chanting "Power to the people" his whole life so hope he says it now
— Jess Phillips (@jessphillips) April 2, 2019
1. Several Cabinet sources say crystal clear No 10 is genuine about conceding to Labour demands in order to get it thro – one minister present says it's 'you want a soft brexit? Here it is, you help shape it' – says Chief whip read out labour's '6 tests twice during the meeting
— Laura Kuenssberg (@bbclaurak) April 2, 2019
"Brexit is becoming soft to the point of disintegration" – Boris Johnson "bitterly" disappointed with PM's request for talks with Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn https://t.co/ZLEkADeAAH pic.twitter.com/mNemAxqwJR
— BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) April 2, 2019
this is even more true now it’s clear the PM didn’t believe it herself https://t.co/pXvcDOevkV
— Jim Pickard (@PickardJE) April 2, 2019
PPS: “Just to be really clear: ERG have done this to party. They’ve softened Brexit because they were too proud and stupid to realise what was at stake. Baker has single-handedly put 5 points on Corbyn. Puts him in No10. And it puts the Brexiteers on the moron side of history.” https://t.co/RE3T4zEE45
— Harry Cole (@MrHarryCole) April 2, 2019
There is a real end of days feeling now about the Conservative party. Brexit has left its key players exhausted. One ERG source tells me: “If she’s PM this time next week, Corbyn will be in No 10 by next month at the latest.”
— Christopher Hope (@christopherhope) April 2, 2019
When I'm asked for the Brexit update at work: pic.twitter.com/cbL6SsLU4E
— Eoin Keane (@EoinKeane101) April 2, 2019
Even if, after today, we don’t know what the end result will be, let us be patient. #Brexit
— Donald Tusk (@eucopresident) April 2, 2019
No-deal Brexit more likely by the day, three options left – EU's Barnier https://t.co/MezfyZj8qp pic.twitter.com/4I9BTBZZNL
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) April 2, 2019
"Under any offer of an extension, EU leaders are expected to attach one non-negotiable condition: participation in the EP elections [in May]… Faith in May is so low that the EU would want formal parliamentary approval of the poll"https://t.co/OULw3c8Z6k
— David Phinnemore (@DPhinnemore) April 2, 2019
Bravo to @faisalislam for challenging the language of “treason” & “traitor” about Brexit. As the UKIP man ably demonstrates it’s the dangerous product of hysterical paranoia pic.twitter.com/66rXmtwAWA
— Victoria Freeman (@make_trouble) April 2, 2019
Brexit Terrorism. Speaks volumes. https://t.co/i6kbSWcPg5
— Tom Smith (@Tomtheacademic) April 2, 2019
Never forget what that £4 billion could have been spent on:
🔹840k hip replacements
🔹91k nurses
🔹91k paramedics
🔹78k doctors
🔹4200 CT scanners
🔹2100 MRI scanners
🔹12 entire NHS hospitalsWhat a grotesque waste of taxpayers' money. The lives that could have been saved. https://t.co/rut15Y3D7K
— Rachel Clarke (@doctor_oxford) April 2, 2019
Great news everyone. Your fate is in the hands of Jeremy Corbyn and Theresa May. Have a great night!
— Chanders (@Chanders) April 2, 2019
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TRUMPWORLD
New Miami Herald: Chinese woman carrying spyware to Mar-a-Lago was lured by massage parlor queen. https://t.co/ZceMv5RIVH
— julie k. brown (@jkbjournalist) April 2, 2019
Zhang "claimed her Chinese friend 'Charles' told her to travel from Shanghai, China to Palm Beach, Florida, to attend this event and attempt to speak with a member of the President’s family about Chinese and American foreign economic relations." https://t.co/sTarPY7sMy
— Tim O'Brien (@TimOBrien) April 2, 2019
Trump, airing grievances with immigration system, says U.S. needs to "get rid of judges" https://t.co/NV8RPy9Tzk pic.twitter.com/JUrhTzxnoV
— CBS News (@CBSNews) April 2, 2019
Trump dismisses Dem effort to release full Mueller report as a "waste of time" https://t.co/8mPE2w68Rp pic.twitter.com/XZSyETbt1Z
— The Hill (@thehill) April 2, 2019
Puerto Rico did NOT get 91 billion dollars in hurricane relief. Puerto Rico suffered 91b in damages, appx 3,000 people died, but received only 1b in relief. Lies from the President about American lives. https://t.co/gJ8CVsFm4C
— Sunny Hostin (@sunny) April 2, 2019
Trump just said "my father is German, was German. Born in a very wonderful place in Germany." Fred Trump was born in New York. pic.twitter.com/U6eWYPzjrJ
— Tommy MMXIXtopher (@tommyxtopher) April 2, 2019
.@ConnorRaso lays out the legal and economic concerns with the Trump EPA’s proposal to roll back mercury limits on power plants https://t.co/dhXbScu9rq
— Brookings (@BrookingsInst) April 2, 2019
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WORLD
BREAKING: Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has quit, the state news agency reports. He has faced protest and increasing calls to step aside after 20 years in office. https://t.co/FtClPxrzJ8
— The Associated Press (@AP) April 2, 2019
This is a MASSIVELY troubling article. Its tone reflects just how far Trump has changed the trade narrative.
With Trump, no form of trade is a voluntary exchange between buyers and sellers. All of us are nothing more than a bargaining chip in his game. https://t.co/SnmDvapE7v
— Chad P. Bown (@ChadBown) April 1, 2019
The Chinese economy is stabilising https://t.co/B4kTYmtX7G
— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) April 2, 2019
It’s been one of the most closely guarded secrets in the oil industry. What was discovered when they drilled a test well in Alaska 3 decades ago? @SteveEder and @henryfountain found the answers in an Ohio courthouse. https://t.co/z4dkXCJhms
— The New York Times (@nytimes) April 2, 2019
How about Gandhi: after all, he made the British Empire what it is today https://t.co/cicPBrnqCg
— Leigh Caldwell (@leighblue) April 2, 2019
#London Futuristic City Skyscraper The Tulip Has Got Planning Approval.https://t.co/EqXKPaswNp
— Sharon Braithwaite (@sha_braithwaite) April 2, 2019
And…
What this doesn’t show is Carole’s powerful acceptance speech urging the press to stop being so tribal (left v right) and to focus on the bigger threats to journalism. https://t.co/b76JD4ST8H
— polly curtis (@pollycurtis) April 2, 2019
The Overnight Note 