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Burnham’s Brexit claim downplayed

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News in brief

  • Stephen Doughty, a foreign office minister, has said Vladimir Putin failed to influence the Brexit referendum. Andy Burnham said yesterday there was evidence the Kremlin had interfered.
  • Reform this morning pledged to close down Britain’s asylum system for a full parliamentary term if they are elected.
  • Saudi Arabia has promised a ‘serious’ response to Houthi attacks on the kingdom’s airports and energy facilities. 
  • Volodymyr Zelensky has said Ukraine needs to feel ‘the same unity from America’ as it does from its European allies.
  • Deloitte helped to falsify documents to hide Roman Abramovich’s wealth, according to BBC Panorama.

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On Coffee House today…

Andrew Tettenborn says Andy Burnham needs to realise the EU isn’t the club we left, while Steerpike has more on the PM’s Brexit conspiracy theory. Jawad Iqbal predicts Donald Trump will regret it if he attacks the Houthis, and Sam Leith asks why all executions aren’t public. Angela Epstein considers Sydney Sweeney and the joy of being Jewish, while Jim Lawley wonders whether Mrs Clegg can save Spain.

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In pictures

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Madrid, Spain: King Felipe VI watches the troops at a parade marking the country’s national day

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Most read on The Spectator

Burnham’s Brexit conspiracy theory hits the buffers – Steerpike

Can Mrs Clegg save Spain? – Jim Lawley

Sydney Sweeney and the joy of being Jewish – Angela Epstein

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In words

‘We must deal with all these challenges together, together with Europe, together with America. We need to feel that same unity from America.’

– Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky after the US lifted sanctions on Russian diesel

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