Three events will dominate next week. The Supreme Court’s decision on the legality of prorogation, Labour conference and the UN General Assembly.
As I say in The Sun this morning, Boris Johnson’s address in New York will be more ‘Green Giant’ than ‘Incredible Hulk’. He’ll stress the UK’s environmental credentials; announcing a new biodiversity fund designed to help save the African elephant, the black rhino and the pangolin.
But more important than the speech he’ll make is the meetings that will take place in the margins. He’ll see most of the key players in the Brexit talks in New York, including a meeting with the Irish leader Leo Varadkar on Monday. He is also expected to see Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron, possibly together.
The meeting with Varadkar is particularly important as Jean-Claude Juncker essentially told Boris Johnson at their lunch this week that he needed to first get the Irish on board for any alternative to the backstop.
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