Inside Politics: Joe Biden offers Brexit bill warning

Boris Johnson has forged a compromise deal with the Tory rebels on his controversial legislation – but the US presidential candidate has a warning about jeopardising transatlantic trade, writes Adam Forrest

Presidential candidate Joe Biden (Getty Images)

Live animals are not valid masks, the authorities have been forced to remind us. A man in Manchester boarded a bus wearing a snake as a face covering – freaking out fellow passengers who watched the reptile slither away from his mouth and onto the hand rails. Speaking of slimy, slippery customers, Boris Johnson has struck a compromise deal with rebel Tories. Our serpentine prime minister hopes he has convinced them to back down by giving parliament a vote on future overrides to the Brexit divorce deal. But Johnson has given MPs crucial votes before – and always seems to find a way to wriggle out of his responsibilities.

Inside the bubble

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