Cash splash: Alongside the media blitz, U.K Chancellor Sajid Javid announced an additional £2.1 billion in Brexit funding for government departments to prepare for no deal. Half will be allocated immediately for priorities including travel infrastructure around ports, recruitment of border officers, and transport and storage for vital medicines, Charlie writes. The other half will be held by the Treasury and can be applied for by departments and the devolved administrations in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales should they seek extra cash.
MEET YOUR UMPIRE: Boris Johnson, at a Northern Ireland stop of his tour through the United Kingdom’s nations Wednesday, announced he is willing to perform yet another delicate balancing act: He insisted he can be an honest broker in talks to restore power-sharing.
Party’s slim phone number list majority in the House of Commons depends on the goodwill of the 10 Democratic Unionist Party MPs — or at least their continuing adherence to a confidence-and-supply arrangement. Johnson said there would be “complete impartiality” as he prepared to hold talks with the five main parties in Northern Ireland, which has had no government for two and a half years. Emilio Casalicchio has the details.
Just saying: One way to avoid having to depend on the hardline DUP would of course be to win a general election …
ANTI-BREXIT PARTIES TEST ALLIANCE IN WELSH BY-ELECTION: Emilio also reports on the second-referendum-supporting Remainers banding together to help each other win elections. Remain parties will test drive a newfound friendship at today’s Welsh by-election in Brecon and Radnorshire, in which Plaid Cymru, the Greens and the Independent Group for Change (formerly Change UK) all agreed not to stand to give the Lib Dems an unhindered shot at the seat. They hope this “Remain Alliance” will change the political landscape by carving up seats across the U.K. to maximize the chances of the party best-placed to win and avoid fragmenting the Remain vote.
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