Good afternoon.
While I’ve been away for the last few weeks celebrating my deep and special partnership (or, as they might call it in Brussels, an ever closer union), Theresa May’s work on Brexit has continued apace.
The Prime Minister faced down Dominic Grieve and his fellow Remainers, thereby securing the passage of her flagship Withdrawal Bill into law. But she has more to do, like finding a customs plan that her ministers can back after Michael Gove and Liam Fox took her beloved customs partnership "to the abattoir".
European leaders are preparing to gather in Brussels later this week for their latest summit. All signs are that they will be most preoccupied with the revived migration crisis...