What the papers say: The verdict on the Government's Brexit White Paper

What does the Government’s Brexit White Paper – which was unveiled yesterday – actually tell us? ‘Nothing and everything’, says the Guardian, which accuses ministers of dishing up a document stuffed with ‘platitudes and empty rhetoric’. But for all the lightness of detail, the White Paper reveals a bigger truth: a ‘troubling form of politics, where ministers can pursue their interest without compromise’. The Guardian says the published document offers ‘no scrutiny’ and nothing but ‘contempt’ for Parliament. What’s also obvious, the paper says, is that Theresa May is in ‘thrall to her own headbangers’ – something made clear in the passage in the White Paper which leaves open the possibility of Britain failing to strike a deal with the EU and walking away with nothing. It’s time to hold the Government to account, the Guardian concludes – ‘Labour and Tory rebels should… profitably join hands over the issue’ to finally hold Theresa May’s feet to the fire.