#BrExit

Following this morning's briefing of EU foreign + Europe ministers by @MichelBarnier in Luxembourg here's a sense of expectations ahead of this week's #EUCO: 2/ The EU wants to dedramatise
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So, the media believe that from a 1609 people, selected poll, that 2/3 of Britons want to extend brexit.Do we?***please retweet so we can prove yougov wrong*** I for one
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There is actually a serious point behind this. Policing is by its very nature an inherently unpredictable activity. Something always comes along to test & stretch the service. G8, NATO,
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Exit poll386 Tory191 LabourTory majority of 81So fuck it, I'm gonna risk this rant... it's been brewing for a while... Fuck off, Jeremy Corbyn, you hopeless old tatterdemalion, and take
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The VAT cut only applies to 'eat in' or 'hot takeaway'. If you eat a sandwich, you won't get the help.Good for Greggs, not so good for PretAManger.Given all those
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I know we're not really talking Brexit economic impact but consider this - 70-80% of all trade takes place within supply chains global or regional. If the UK drops out
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Starmer is tied to the legacy of Blair. In style, he attempts to mimic him, doesn't do a very good job, and comes off as a bad throwback to an
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Most major London employers had already worked out best not return to the office even when the government a few weeks ago were telling people to return. Inconsistent ministers, nothing
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If Johnson and Frost had an instinctive understanding of the EU and the political culture of EU member states, why did they box themselves in with no escape hatch? If
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Sorry, I thought you were a fan of "You can do what you like in the privacy in your own home, but I don't see why the rest of us
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The British government is resisting a request by the EU to maintain a physical presence in Northern Ireland, following the closure of the European Commission’s office in Belfast at the
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Not surprising at all but interesting to read Russia Report so baldly state that nobody in government is actually in charge of protecting British democracy. If anything the next paragraph
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Good to laugh at post-truth populists. But as myself & incomparable @CR_OBrien wrote of their Brexit tactics: goal isn't to convince anyone to *believe* their lies; it's to make people
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PEDANTS' CORNER: An "existential crisis" doesn't mean your existence is in danger, it means you have so little to worry about that you worry about existence. Global warming/antisemitism/lack of KFC
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Instead of the usual Bank of England meeting preview note ahead of Thursday's decision - we assembled 9 UK-based 'BoE Watchers' to form the FinTwit Shadow MPC. Thread is a
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The only time in my formal education when Britain's history as a colonial power even came up was in an optional module in the 3rd yr of my BA. Everything
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