BBC carrying a story that PM May is keeping a firm hand on Brexit 1 July

According to James Chapman, Davis' former chief of staff the Brexit minister had been "hamstrung" by May's stance on the European Court of Justice (ECJ), among other things.

He said Mrs May would not get a Brexit deal through Parliament unless she showed more "flexibility".

Downing Street and the Department for Exiting the EU declined to comment. May has insisted the ECJ will have no jurisdiction over the UK but the EU insists that the ECJ must continue to offer legal protection for its citizens in the UK.

Chapman accused May of taking an "absolutist" position on the ECJ, saying:

"She's set a red line effectively for a conference speech that hamstrung these negotiations in my view."

He added:

"There have been red lines that have been set for him that make the job he has to do very difficult."

He said the cabinet's leading "Brexiteers", David Davis and Boris Johnson, were "actually pretty liberal on issues like immigration" and would like to "recalibrate" Mrs May's position, "but at the moment she is showing no willingness to do this".

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Given that Chapman was formerly sacked Chancellor George Osborne's right hand man we perhaps shouldn't be surprised at his comments aiming to create a little stirring of the already muddy waters.

No real impact on the pound from these comments at this stage but if May is going to insist on keeping on track for a hard Brexit then I repeat my view that it would be GBP-negative, at least until more detail is known/plays out. I will also comment here though that I don't expect May to be PM come the end of the year given her serious lack of support within the Conservative Party now.

BTW my apologies for lack of service here after my GBP post yesterday. Unfortunately we had an internet outage in the area due to a BT problem. Normal service now resumed thankfully.

I'm heading out so will wish you all a great week-end and thanks, as always, for your brilliant support and input.

UK Brexit minister Davis seemingly caught between a soft and a hard place