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Ed Miliband skewered Theresa May’s tight lipped approach to Brexit negotiations today with her own words.

The Prime Minister insists she will not give a running commentary on the Brexit negotiations, for fear of weakening the Government's hand against other EU nations.

But that hasn't always been her position.

During a debate on a motion that would force the Government to reveal the broad objectives of the Brexit negotiations, the former Labour leader brought a prop.

He brandished a pamphlet written by the Prime Minister herself, along with Chief of Staff Nick Timothy, called “Restoring Parliamentary Authority - EU laws and British Scrutiny”.

He read from it: “Our feeble system of scrutiny undermines Parliament’s ability to check or restrain the government’s actions in Europe.

"We therefore need a system that gives parliament enough power over ministers, enough time to scrutinise and the transparency to restore public trust in the process.”

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Ed added: “I couldn’t have put it better myself.”

It was written in 2007 for think tank Politeia, but has since been removed from their site.

“I’ve been told it’s been taken off the relevant website, but fortunately the House of Commons Library has a copy,” Mr Miliband told MPs.