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"the" or "a" customs union - I'm not into nitpicking semantics. The reason I queried this is because I haven't seen a commitment to "a" or "the" or any kind of customs union after transition so wondered where this came from. Has Corbyn said this? I know Starm...

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"the" or "a" customs union - I'm not into nitpicking semantics. The reason I queried this is because I haven't seen a commitment to "a" or "the" or any kind of customs union after transition so wondered where this came from. Has Corbyn said this? I know Starm...

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People use the phrase "single market" because it has a very precise, widely accepted economic meaning, which is that if you are in it, all the other countries in it become part of your internal market. The economic single market in Europe is very developed with longstanding free movement ...

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oh, and I would just like to reiterate anyone saying that there is very little to differentiate Labour and the Tories is talking out of their arse Labour has committed to status quo for the transition Labour has said that all EU citizens would be granted rights to settle Labour has said we will wan...

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oh, and I would just like to reiterate anyone saying that there is very little to differentiate Labour and the Tories is talking out of their arse Labour has committed to status quo for the transition Labour has said that all EU citizens would be granted rights to settle Labour has said we will want...

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I noticed this in Thornberry's words this morning I know that it's very difficult for us to remain in the single market as it currently is Perhaps Hugo I'm not the only one who thinks there's room for some changes! I know I get boring but here it goes again: The so-called 'Single Market' is defined...

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[ It is telling that the main talking point there is still his comments about A50 the weekend after the referendum. In the fraught aftermath of that vote, quite a few unwise and hasty things were said and done on all sides. Though many would say Corbyn's internal Labour opponents were more culpable...

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Corbyn seemed to make an error on that morning - my take on it was he was trying to use it to destabilise the Tories and Cameron in particular. The Tories were in turmoil and it might have played out better if Cameron had stuck around The fact though was that resigning gave the Tories time to regrou...

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SpinningHugo wrote:
AnatolyKasparov wrote:SH evidently thinks that they are totally credible and very important, however. Draw your own conclusions......

If you remember, what I actually said was why would anyone think it important in the light of what we already know about JC? It is trivia.

your insinuation was that it was true

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I am going to be a bit of a hypocrite here and bang on about an old subject :wall: I have been reading UKPR and some of the exchanges after Verhofstadt's appearance on Marr this morning (not that I saw it though) The thing that hits me is that perhaps Labour and the Tories are closer than we think t...

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AnatolyKasparov wrote:Well, even the ever reliably pro-establishment Andrew Marr was rubbishing the Barclaygraph "revelations" this morning apparently.

What are the actual accusations? Is he accused have being a foreign 'asset'?

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My 'conspiracy theory of the day' Why is there now a concerted move against the Labour leadership - dramatic headlines but no real substance worth the effors Could it be there will be another move against the leadership by the right using Europe as the reason? They have lost the leadership (three t...

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https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/feb/17/uk-brutal-prisons-failing-violence-drugs-gangs Exclusive: shock figures reveal state of UK’s brutal prisons Observer analysis of inspection reports shows two in five jails are unsafe and inadequate conditions prevail in two thirds I wish we were shock...

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My 'conspiracy theory of the day' Why is there now a concerted move against the Labour leadership - dramatic headlines but no real substance worth the effors Could it be there will be another move against the leadership by the right using Europe as the reason? They have lost the leadership (three ti...

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Cutting tuition fees. Another amazingly dumb idea whose time has come. Again....why? We have argued this to death and we will not all agree but I think we have absorbed all the differing arguments Mind you, I very much doubt you pay attention to anybody else's views...... Are you just being provoca...

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More on housing. This also indicates the problem isn't one of lack of supply https://voxeu.org/article/uk-house-prices-looking-far-past-and-future" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Why are you keeping going on about this? We have discussed this ad infinitum before and it is r...

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HindleA wrote:Didn't know diplomats were ascribed according to holiday periods,what about the rest of the year?

(Joke,I like inadvertent errors which change the meaning somewhat-Easter European Diplomats)

I will leave it in for posterity!

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John McDonnell MP‏Verified account @johnmcdonnellMP Telegraph lies. These are ridiculous and false allegations. I have never met any Czechoslovak or Soviet agent, nor visited the Soviet or Russian embassy and have only visited Guildford once in my life, which was last year for a Labour Party public...

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This is old,but very helpful. It explains why property prices have gone up so much, and that this is not necessarily attributable to lack of supply https://mainlymacro.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/house-prices-rents-and-supply.html?m=1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Why do you k...

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On this NPF furore, mate of mine says the vote has to be held at least 7 days after. It has been badly handled but looks like some rule ending went on and so it is quite right it was stopped....it was handled badly though When will Labour start acting like adults over these things instead of children

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Ah right, its pretty hard to be sure about anything these days :D Dan Snow retweeted this accusation via Niall Ferguson....piss poor from a supposed historian! He is getting a bit of a battering now....some making a connection between his eagerness to criticise Corbyn with the fact his b-i-l is one...

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AnatolyKasparov wrote:
refitman wrote:
Oh, and observer.com is owned by Jared Kushner. Make of that what you will.
Really???

apparently so....and also this 'allegation' was apparently made in the 80s and even Thatcher laughed it away

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I don't think that is right. Re-read the observer link I gave. It is quite consistent with the politics.eu piece. Corbyn is accused of being either a stooge or the StB or, more plausibly, a naive idiot. Given that on every single issue for four decades he sides against what he perceives as "we...

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seems that Hugo's source has a little difficulty relating to Planet Earth

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tinyclanger2 wrote:
HindleA wrote:Always thought Roger was a spy.
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That is a fantastic version of the song........even if the French is a bit ropey - in fact that makes it so nice to listen to I think

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No terrorists here guv....

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I think if someone, such as Lisa Nandy, doesn't feel the party is no longer 'theirs' then I think they are better placed to judge that than some anonymous self-aggrandizing poster on an internet forum I also was under the impression that the party 'belongs' to members, affiiliates and everyone else ...

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I love the 1980s http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/corbyn-supporters-postpone-election-of-national-policy-forum-chair-national-executive-committee-officers-ann-black-andi-fox_uk_5a87facae4b05c2bcacb34b7?vcp" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Some of these people resisting ...

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But I thought Corbyn hated the UK and the West and would do anything to undermine them? That's what I keep being told. This is a fair and balanced reply to that query https://capx.co/corbyn-may-not-have-been-a-spy-but-he-always-opposed-the-west/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return fal...

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Good morning There is more to life in the UK than Brexit and life goes on. I don't think Labour intend animal welfare to be a huge announcement but they should not be derailed from doing so because some bumbling idiot decides to use today to make a vacuous speech You could make this argument on any ...

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Morning Is this the new border technology the Tories keep talking about? https://www.theguardian.com/money/2018/feb/12/mersey-gateway-toll-fines-dartford-crossing" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; and on the cross-party idea for the NHS - looks a good idea on paper but the Tor...

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McDonnell is talking rubbish about nationalization costing "absolutely nothing" because you've got an asset. It's deficit neutral, but that isn't the same thing at all. He's also mentioned structuring public services so that it's extremely hard to outsource again. This is going to lead to...

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It's just a theory. And she has never been a staunch remainer, so there's no real reason to assume she's playing such a game, yet at the same time it's so blindingly obvious that a hard Brexit will be economically disastrous I find it hard to believe a serious politician (as opposed to an over-priv...

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Good morning Can I add my compliments to Willow's post I do have some sympathy for both Corbyn and May in that they are in an invidious position and someone will be very disappointed by the way they move It is interesting that May would find it more politically expedient to move to hard Brexit and C...

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https://amp.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/feb/09/northern-ireland-will-stay-in-single-market-after-brexit-eu-says?CMP=share_btn_tw&__twitter_impression=true Northern Ireland will stay in single market after Brexit, EU says UK negotiators braced for major row over EU’s draft withdrawal agreement ...

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PoliticsHome‏Verified account @politicshome NEW: Boost for Theresa May as Tories take four point poll lead over Labour https://twitter.com/politicshome/status/961494807670591488" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; some very dodgy numbers in this if you look in the detail Polls ...

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A good summary of three possible reasons why the govt won't commit to a particular brexit end state. The fact that we don't even know which of the three is right adds a further layer of impenetrability. http://blogs.surrey.ac.uk/politics/2018/02/08/can-you-tell-what-it-is-yet/" onclick="w...

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SPD behind AfD in the next election anyone - CDU then tacks further to the right This is what the natural outcome is of trying to tack alongside the right wingers - you become part of them and eventually wither and die Looking forward to the Miliband/ Osborne centrist party that is supposed to be t...

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SPD behind AfD in the next election anyone - CDU then tacks further to the right This is what the natural outcome is of trying to tack alongside the right wingers - you become part of them and eventually wither and die Looking forward to the Miliband/Osborne centrist party that is supposed to be the...

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I do love these subtle but no doubt vital distinctions between the customs noon and a customs union that is identical in all material respects. Very productive. Labour needs to adopt Benn's position and cut the shadow secretary for international trade loose. He and the other deniers of reality will...

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I think the context is different Paul

He used 'the' for the current state and 'a' for the future. Perfectly consistent!

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Re PMQs Inevitably the chorus of #FBPE Tweeters were having a right go at Corbyn for not having mentioned Brexit, despite him having absolutely nailed May on crime. Then Hilary Benn completely floored her on customs union / Irish border. I'm sure they are all apologising for these unwarranted and c...

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Hilary Benn‏ @hilarybennmp No answer from the PM just now to my question on why she is so determined to leave a customs union with the EU when this would be completely incompatible with keeping an open border between Northern Ireland and the Republic. @GavinBarwell Replying to @hilarybennmp .@hilar...

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Just read the responses to PMQ over at the G - wow, it is only when you see the questions and the answers written down to you see the absolute waste of time this charade is. There are no questions where she actually answers, apart from the plants. The rest is just pathetic. PMQ has always been a bit...

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They discussed how they're not going to discuss what the UK wants from Brexit. Greg Hands kept saying he can't say anything about our objectives because that's for the negotiation and Andrew Neil kept saying that the EU has published its objectives so where is our equivalent and Greg Hands said he ...

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SpinningHugo wrote:How utterly pathetic Greg Hands and Rachael Maskell were on the Daily Politics.

Boooooooooo.

I bet they weren't quite as bad as this post - can you explain what the point of your comment was?

What did they discuss?
Why were they 'pathetic'? etc, etc

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In the context of a falling house price market I think London may be heading for a problem, especially when Brexit hits that high end market hard. Here's how much London house prices fell in November http://www.cityam.com/278855/heres-much-london-house-prices-fell-november" onclick="windo...

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Of course it makes sense to leave empty if it's not a long-term investment, too much hassle. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/aug/01/empty-homes-normal-rules-do-not-apply-to-super-rich-in-london" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Ghost towers: half of new-build luxury ...

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Faisal Islam‏Verified account @faisalislam We* counted 33 Tory MPs at the European Research Group Brexiter meeting convened by Rees-Mogg tonight “just a regular catch up of friends” he said including: IDS, Patel, Fabricant, Bridgen, Badenoch ... *Ie intrepid newshound @zachjourno https://twitter.co...

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Not only do you cite no evidence to support your view, there is clear evidence that you are wrong. Do you think you'll get away with it here? For example, Clive Lewis rebelled against Corbyn on Article 50. Yet he is back. Forgiven and forgotten presumably. And a good thing too. I think we'll just h...

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