Inside Politics: Coronavirus threatens to close parliament’s doors

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If the coronavirus shuts down the Commons and Boris Johnson needs a nice spot for a holiday, scientists have discovered an underground cave on Mars. NASA believes unknown lifeforms could be burrowed beneath a huge, mysterious hole. The PM’s team of Brexit negotiators have been burrowing away unseen for the past four days. As the first round of talks with EU counterparts breaks up today, are there any signs of life in the free trade deal Johnson wants? I’m Adam Forrest, and welcome to The Independent’s Inside Politics briefing.

Inside the bubble

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