It starts off pretty awkwardly with the Chair hilary benn telling MB to be concise. I would not have recommended saying that to him...
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DmfLJCkXoAEOH9-.jpg
Confirmation that the intensified talks have made some progress and the draft Withdrawal Agreement is now 80%+ complete
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DmfLY0mW0AAPGGD.jpg
As far as Michel Barnier is concerned, the negotiations over the future relationship haven't even started because they've been talking about the declaration of the shape of the future relationship.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DmfLkDaXoAA46Bt.jpg
A rare on the record appearance from Sabine Weyand who shuns the limelight. Here she gives some really clear examples about why the EU thinks the way it does on the Irish border
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DmfL0qGWwAEvpDy.jpg
Here Michel Barnier gives what I think is his most clearest explanation yet about what he means by "dedramatizing" the debate about the Irish backstop
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DmfMEtmWsAACZs2.jpg
Looks like MB is open to the UK's push for a linkage between the Withdrawal Agreement and the future relationship declaration which will make the WA more palatable to Parliament
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And finally here's Sabine Weyand saying "bring it on" to economic competition between the UK and the EU after Brexit but the more divergence, the less British access to the single market.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DmfMeYWW4AEfPVa.jpg
And that's all from me. Definitely worth reading the whole thing if you've got time. And the 900th reminder that it's always worth looking at the original document, not the hearsay.
https://twitter.com/adamfleming/status/1038023427251167232
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