Sunday Shows Round-up: David Davis, Keir Starmer And Trump’s Jerusalem Move<\/b>
\nWith the first phase of the Brexit deal squared off and Donald Trump making a controversial intervention in the Middle East, it has been another busy week in politics.<\/p>\n
So, we will cut to the chase and bring you HuffPost UK\u2019s Sunday shows round-up.<\/p>\n
The Andrew Marr Show<\/p>\n
First up on the flagship BBC show was the SNP\u2019s Westminster leader Ian Blackford who wasted no time in calling for Labour to give its full support to staying in the single market and customs union.<\/p>\n
Marr pointed out that voters were warned during the referendum campaign that leaving the EU meant leaving the single market.<\/p>\n
Blackford said there were \u201cother untruths\u201d told during the campaign, referencing the\u00a0\u00a3350m-a-week for the NHS bus claim, and added: \u201dI think the fundamental point is that nobody voted in that referendum to become poorer.\u201d<\/p>\n
SNP want Labour to get behind them and argue to remain in the single market and customs union – @IanBlackfordMP tells #marr pic.twitter.com\/sG3EoOBqRi<\/a> \u2014 The Andrew Marr Show (@MarrShow) December 10, 2017 He said Brexit does not automatically herald the end of free movement of people, agreeing his party prefers \u201ceasy movement\u201d.<\/p>\n He has said his party would continue some payments into the EU and would stay close to single market regulations – referred to as a Norway-style deal – before adding: \u201cWe do not want to deregulate.\u201d<\/p>\n “I think that’s the right thing” – shadow Brexit secretary Keir Starmer says UK must stay close to EU’s single market after #Brexit t.co\/0zXDanafSC<\/a> #marr pic.twitter.com\/bVx94nTaBU<\/a> \u2014 BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) December 10, 2017 \u201cWe would want people who are here to go and work in the EU.\u00a0The basis of that would have to be negotiated.\u201d<\/p>\n Seeking clarification, Marr asked if this meant \u201ceasy movement if not free\u201d, and Starmer replied: \u201cYes, of course.\u201d<\/p>\n He went on to answer \u201cyes\u201d when Marr asked if his position was that the UK should match future EU rules and regulations even if Brexit meant the country did not get a vote.\u00a0<\/p>\n Shadow Brexit Secretary @Keir_Starmer says Labour have been clear that it wants to retain ‘benefits’ of being inside the single market #marr pic.twitter.com\/TVYXx8T3Yf<\/a> \u2014 The Andrew Marr Show (@MarrShow) December 10, 2017 \u201cWe are talking about what sort of Britain we want to be and what the next 40 or 50 years might look like, and I don\u2019t think anybody voted to make it harder to trade with the EU.\u201d<\/p>\n Marr pointed out to Starmer that Labour\u2019s position – continuing with \u201ceasy\u201d movement of people and aligning all regulation – meant the party had opted to make Britain a \u201cvassal state\u201d of Europe, a phrase used by Shadow International Trade Secretary Barry Gardiner.<\/p>\n Starmer replied: \u201cWe did a lot of work over the summer developing our policy,\u201d adding \u201chow we negotiate that agreement with the EU is up for negotiation, it doesn\u2019t mean cut and paste\u201d.<\/p>\n Next up was Brexit Secretary David Davis, who said that the deal struck by Theresa May was not legally binding and the Government could still come out of the EU without a deal.<\/p>\n That could mean, he told Marr, that the UK could still choose not to pay its 39bn divorce bill.<\/p>\n “Canada plus, plus, plus” – Brexit secretary David Davis outlines his vision of the deal he wants with the EU t.co\/0zXDanafSC<\/a> #marr #Brexit pic.twitter.com\/5TAKDOmuN6<\/a> \u2014 BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) December 10, 2017 He said he wanted to see an \u201cover-arching trade deal\u201d based on Canada\u2019s trade treaty with the European Union but \u00a0including services.<\/p>\n It would set out \u201cindividual arrangements for aviation, nuclear and for data\u201d, as well, he said, describing it as \u201cCanada plus plus plus\u201d.<\/p>\n He also dodged a question on the \u2018missing\u2019 Brexit impact assessments, saying \u201cimprecise language\u201d was to blame. He said \u201cimpact\u201d had a different meaning in the civil service.<\/p>\n Sunday With Niall Paterson<\/p>\n Sky News\u2019 Niall Paterson\u2019s first guest was Northern Ireland Secretary James Brokenshire.<\/p>\n Paterson asked Brokenshire if the UK could in future support a closer relationship with Europe, to which he answered: \u201dNo government can bind a future government, that is the simple point of our democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n He added that after settling the first-hurdle deal, the UK was now \u201cmoving forward\u201d with a \u201cbold and ambitious\u201d trade agreement with Europe.<\/p>\n “One government cannot bind a future government” says @JBrokenshire on the subject of diverging from #Brexit agreement #Paterson pic.twitter.com\/z9an7XJw8S<\/a> \u2014 Sunday with Paterson (@RidgeOnSunday) December 10, 2017 He said the news has been welcomed by Israelis and was regarded as a \u201cjust decision and it helps makes peace more likely\u201d.<\/p>\n Regev added: \u201cIt says to the extremists on the other side that your dangerous fantasies that somehow that the Jews will be thrown out of Jerusalem or that the Jews have no national rights in Jerusalem, have no right to a capital, it puts to bed those fantasies that make peace impossible.\u201d<\/p>\n .@realDonaldTrump’s Jerusalem decision is a “just decision” that “helps make peace more likely” says Israel\u2019s Ambassador to the UK @MarkRegev #Paterson pic.twitter.com\/SC9bKmFgW8<\/a> \u2014 Sunday with Paterson (@RidgeOnSunday) December 10, 2017 He refused to interpret what the US decision meant for East Jerusalem. The Palestinians claim this part of the city – occupied by Israel in the 1967 war – as the capital of a future Palestinian state.<\/p>\n And when challenged over the fact there is no international consensus on the Israeli\u2019s laying claim to Jerusalem as their capital – the UK favours a two-state solution – Regev said: \u201dWhat we know is that Jerusalem has been the capital of the Jewish people for 3,000 years.\u201d<\/p>\n He added Jewish people\u2019s culture was intertwined with Jerusalem, before adding: \u201cThose who want to divorce Israel from the Jewish people are making a mistake.\u201d<\/p>\n There are “countless examples of where countries have changed their capital” says Israel\u2019s Ambassador to the UK @MarkRegev #Paterson pic.twitter.com\/k2CV1FQ44y<\/a> \u2014 Sunday with Paterson (@RidgeOnSunday) December 10, 2017 Tory Brexiteer Peter Bone says he expects there will be no proper trade deal and the UK should be ready to say “we’re going to come out… we’re not going to give you that \u00a339bn and we’re going to spend it on the NHS and social care” #Brexit #Paterson pic.twitter.com\/NLFTPsdm9Q<\/a><\/p>\n December 10, 2017 She said criminals should be brought to justice rather than be part of a Government \u201ckill list\u201d.<\/p>\n “I was very disappointed” with Defence Secretary comments about “killing Jihadis” says Shami Chakrabarti #Paterson pic.twitter.com\/H7LoWq8ND3<\/a> She said Jerusalem was \u201cloved and cherished by Christians and Muslims\u201d as well as Jews.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd for the Palestinians, there will be no Palestinian state without East Jerusalem,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n She called Trump\u2019s decision \u201ca wonderful, symbolic but hostile act\u201d.<\/p>\n .@realDonaldTrump has “lit the matches in a tinderbox” with his #Jerusalem decision, says Shami Chakrabarti #Paterson pic.twitter.com\/6Na7DnYXqR<\/a> \u2014 Sunday with Paterson (@RidgeOnSunday) December 10, 2017 \u201cWe were never going to solve this in the first phase,\u201d he said, before adding that securing a free trade deal with the EU was also in Ireland\u2019s interest.<\/p>\n “We were never going to solve this in the first phase” – admits Northern Ireland Secretary @JBrokenshire on avoiding a hard border if Britain has a free trade deal #bbcsp pic.twitter.com\/llSG4knNCd<\/a> \u2014 BBC Daily Politics and Sunday Politics (@daily_politics) December 10, 2017 She said: \u201cIt would not be respecting the referendum and the sentiment that was expressed during the referendum if we didn\u2019t move, after leaving the EU, to a system where we had fair rules and managed migration.\u201d Sunday Shows Round-up: David Davis, Keir Starmer And Trump’s Jerusalem Move With the first phase of the Brexit deal squared off and Donald Trump making a controversial intervention in the Middle East, it has been another busy week in politics. So, we will cut to the chase and bring you HuffPost UK\u2019s Sunday shows round-up. … Continue reading Sunday Shows Round-up: David Davis, Keir Starmer And Trump’s Jerusalem Move<\/span>
\nShadow Brexit Secretary Sir Keir Starmer was next up.<\/p>\n
\nAsked about how a new migration deal would work on the BBC\u2019s Andrew Marr Show, Starmer said:\u00a0\u201cThe end of free movement does not mean no movement. Of course we would want people from the EU to come and work here.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cWe do have a choice, do we want to stay aligned so we can trade successfully or do we want to tear apart,\u201d said Starmer. \u201cAnd I say we should stay aligned.<\/p>\n
\nWhen asked about the type of deal the UK would now seek with the EU, as it moves on to trade talks, Davis said he would be seeking a \u201cCanada plus plus\u201d model.<\/p>\n
\nNext up was Mark Regev,\u00a0Israel\u2019s Ambassador to the United Kingdom, to discuss US President Donald Trump\u2019s decision to recognise Israel\u2019s capital as Jerusalem by moving the country\u2019s embassy there.<\/p>\n
\nRegev went on to say there were \u201ccountless examples\u201d of where countries had changed their capitals, citing Germany and China.<\/p>\n
\nArch Brexiteer Peter Bone was also interviewed by Paterson, telling the programme he did not believe there would be a deal with the EU and that the\u00a0\u00a339bn divorce bill would instead be spent on the NHS and social care.<\/p>\n
\nShadow Attorney General Shami Chakrabarti told Paterson she was \u201cdisappointed\u201d by Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson, who said in an interview with the Daily Mail that anyone who fought with the so-called Islamic State should be killed.<\/p>\n
\nAddressing the decision by Trump to shift the US Israeli embassy, Chakrabati said the President had \u201clit the matches in a tinderbox\u201d in the Middle East.<\/p>\n
\nSarah Smith also had an interview with Northern Ireland Secretary James Brokenshire, who said the first-stage deal Theresa May had struck this week \u201cshows the framework\u201d of how the border with Ireland would work, but allowed the Government to move into trade talks.<\/p>\n
\n“We have to leave the EU” but “we don’t have to go a long way” @BBCsarahsmith questions @EmilyThornberry on Labour’s Brexit position #bbcsp pic.twitter.com\/bMEeeFHWJp<\/a> \u2014 BBC Daily Politics and Sunday Politics (@daily_politics) December 10, 2017
\nShadow Foreign Secretary Emily Thornberry told Sarah Smith that while the UK has to leave the EU, \u201cwe don\u2019t have to go a long way.\u201d<\/p>\n
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