#BrExit

Barrister's Horse

BarristersHorse

THREAD:A FISHY TALE1. It was always thus. Those who disregarded our fishing industry did so out of ignorance of its importance, for it goes to the very heart of our

Nick Srnicek

n_srnck

Quick thoughts on electoral strategy: it should be taken as a given that the media will be constitutively hostile to anything left of Blair - pointing out flaws can have

Devutopia

D_Raval

This is how the Right, especially Trump and Johnson, play the “culture war”. Leak out you’re going to do something controversial, in this case appoint a sexist racist to a

Tom Phipps

tom_b_phipps

The right of British politics is getting pretty ugly as the Tories absorb more of those from the extremities of the right end of the spectrum.Labour is hopeless as per

Roweena

r2ph

The dead cat routine by #BorisJohnsonWhen he swore on his life he wouldn’t ask for a Brexit extension (and then did) to distract you from the time he unlawfully shut

Andrew J. Willshire

ajwillshire

I have a theory about the PM's resilience in the polls despite current "difficulties"...An awful lot of voters like him personally. They don't kid themselves about his honesty. They've known

Joñathan Foster is TALL ✌️👽

TALL4ALL

I’ve said my bit about “I can’t vote so please go vote & stop the Tories” already. But my reasons are that this election is far more important than just

David Leask

LeaskyHT

I’ve done a story that is at once a local Dundee row about a single uni course being suspended, symptom of Scotland’s horrifying “cultural Brexit” and a big scary warning

Michael Goulden

mikegoulden

This is my mum, she’s 83 and has got dementia. She met my dad in 1962 when she worked for the British Army as a translator. My dad was in

davidallengreen

davidallengreen

Am about to watch Question Time for the first time this decadeAm regretting this mad folly already Beard vs Beard vs Beard action *EU State Aid law does not prevent

liz gerard

gameoldgirl

FWIW, some quick thoughts on #ExtinctionRebellion 1: A free press is an essential, non-negotiable element of a functioning democratic society.2: So is the right to protest.(1/?) 3: Democracy will not

James

agoodfireburns

Right, I really don't care whether people listen to this Brexit thread. It's just here.This is a sanitised briefing. It is rated as "high level of confidence" and supported by

Pilar Gomez FBPE

redalphababe

One of my regular observations - european competitors will know this and see opportunities to take customers off existing UK biz or expand their offerings. EU suppliers are going to

Peter Foster

pmdfoster

Er...suffice to say @DavidGHFrostletter to @MichelBarnierlanded like a lead balloon in Brussels. Mr Frost finds it "perplexing" that the EU will not give the UK a bunch of special treatment

Henry Hill

HCH_Hill

The question is whether or not the differences are at all relevant. The strategy to date has been giving away powers in hope of buying off separatist sentiment. The federalist

Russell Taylor

RussTayles

Would we have been as susceptible to Covid panic a generation ago? No. Because we didn't care as much back then? No, although the fact that we like to think