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Just as Brexit Minister David Davis was in Vienna yesterday (20 February) stressing the "mutual recognition" he expected Britain and EU regulatory systems to enjoy after Brexit, so a group of 62 hard Brexiteers in his party were penning a letter with their own quite different set of demands.

That missive to PM Theresa May insists on “full regulatory autonomy” outside the EU and a green light for Britain to start negotiating its own separate trade deals with other countries even during the two-year transition period following March 2019.

The letter - described as a “ransom note” by the Conservative head of parliament’s Treasury select committee - was signed by members of the so-called European Research Group which also published its membership for the first time: no surprises but that includes backbencher Jacob Rees-Mogg (pictured) and former ministers Ian Duncan Smith and Priti Patel.

The timing is of course no accident - it comes as May battles to reconcile the open differences within her government on what its future relationship with the EU should be.

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