Inside Politics: Boris Johnson pops his Brexit deal in the oven

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It looks like we need a period of reflection followed by a full, independent inquiry to figure out what went wrong with Cats – a movie so head-spinningly, stomach-churningly terrible it appears to have traumatised the film critics. The reviews are also in for the Queen’s Speech. And they’re not so hot either. Boris Johnson’s legislative agenda has been savaged as a series of nauseatingly authoritarian moves to change the constitution, judiciary and voting system in his favour. The PM moves onto his Brexit deal today. “A sinister, all-time disaster from which no-one emerges unscathed.” That’s a Cats review. But it applies equally well to Brexit. Hell, it applies pretty well to the whole of 2019. I’m Adam Forrest, and welcome to The Independent’s daily Inside Politics briefing.

Inside the bubble

Our political editor Andrew Woodcock on what to look out for today: