Inside Politics: Tory rebellion builds over Brexit bill, as EU threatens lawsuit

As the EU threatens legal action and sets a new deadline for trade talks, dozens of Tory MPs are ready to rebel against the government’s contentious Brexit bill, writes Adam Forrest

The PM is under fire for making changes to the ‘oven-ready’ Brexit deal (Getty)

Will the warriors of the culture wars ever see eye-to-eye? Everyone’s least favourite anti-woke activist Laurence Fox has apologised to actress Rebecca Front for sharing private messages about their political differences. “I’m going to try to build bridges rather than burn them,” said Obnoxy Foxy. Little hope of bridges being built between London and Brussels. Boris Johnson and the gang at No 10 are very much in burning down mode at the moment. With the EU now threatening to end trade talks unless the PM pulls his plan to tear up parts of the divorce deal, we appear destined to enter an even angrier phase of our Brexit culture war.

Inside the bubble

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