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tinybgoat

https://www.politico.eu/article/brexit-theresa-may-michel-barnier-jean-claude-juncker-cinderella-and-the-leopard-print-slipper-a-brexit-pantomime/amp/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; "Cinderella and the leopard print slipper: A Brexit pantomime" Probably no belly l...

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https://www.opendemocracy.net/uk/brexitinc/peter-geoghegan-jenna-corderoy/revealed-arron-banks-brexit-campaign-had-more-meetings-w" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; "Revealed: Arron Banks Brexit campaign's 'secret' meetings with Cambridge Analytica" Leaked emails sho...

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AnatolyKasparov wrote:The claim is being made that he actually said "stupid people".

And I side more with PF on the "was it bad if he actually *did* say it" question.

Well she did say he could (something along the lines of) ' get as angry as he likes', in response to one of his questions ...

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https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/dec/18/cabinet-stand-off-over-30000-threshold-for-skilled-migrants" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; White paper to set out tough UK immigration regime post-Brexit Minimum salary threshold of £30k-a-year will also apply to migrants fro...

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-politics-46608952" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; "Brexit: Theresa May to hold a series of MPs' votes on options" The prime minister does not believe any of the factions criticising her plan have enough support to get their own ver...

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There might not be time for a general election, but is it more likely that a lost confidence vote would result in change of leader? Theresa may won the confidence vote last week, possibly because it would have resulted in party members electing a 'brexiteer'. Tellingly, Rees Mogg is now stating his...

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Morning. With a vote on the deal due the week beginning 14 Jan, even if Labour moved a vote of no confidence immediately May loses the vote and managed to win it, with 14 days for the government to try to win a confidence vote and then 6 weeks for a General Election campaign, we're going to have, w...

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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-labour-lib-dems-jeremy-corbyn-tory-deal-poll-yougov-a8685786.html?amp" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; "Brexit: Labour would fall behind Lib Dems if Corbyn backs May's deal, polls finds" "The YouGov poll als...

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I keep hearing that the latest migrants trying to make the Channel crossing are trying to beat "Brexit". Why would "Brexit" make any difference to that particular set of people? (Nobody, of course, is pointing this out. Or am I missing something obvious?) I can understand that p...

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AnatolyKasparov wrote:Though this has apparently since been "officially denied", as ever motwyw.

Even the bit about Conservativehome?

tinybgoat

https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/staggers/2018/12/scottish-tories-are-preparing-back-second-brexit-referendum" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; "The Scottish Tories are preparing to back a second Brexit referendum" “When I look at what’s going on down south, I ...

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https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/blog/not-so-fixed-term-parliaments-act" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; "The (Not So) Fixed-term Parliaments Act" Attempted to answer my own question, it all sounds very messy, but think it would be feasible (if not very lik...

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Amber Rudd is on manoeuvres. (That's not an anagram clue, by the way.) She is wasting her time tbh, there is no way she would ever win the backing of a mostly pro-Brexit Tory membership. If the govt lost a confidence vote, does the party leader have to be the pm, i.e. could a govt be, theoretically...

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/dec/14/donald-trump-knew-hush-money-was-wrong-says-cohen" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; 'Donald Trump knew hush money was wrong, says Cohen' n response to Trump’s claim he never directed Cohen to do anything wrong, he said: “I don’t ...

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https://www.politico.eu/article/why-the ... eferendum/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
'Why the EU should fear a second UK referendum
Europe has enough on its plate with Hungary, Poland and Italy.'

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Now we know it's possible to revoke article 50, is their a danger that this open new ways for leaving 'without a deal'? One of the arguments at against was that preparations wouldn't be ready by 31st March, but presumably the Govt. could just revoke article 50, and restart process when preparations ...

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Mark Steel: https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/theresa-may-brexit-deal-no-confidence-vote-eu-withdrawal-agreement-conservatives-a8682026.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; At the moment, May is claiming victory, because she insisted without her the country would collapse...

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https://newsthump.com/2018/12/12/63-of-the-vote-is-not-a-big-enough-majority-insist-irony-free-brexiters/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; "63% of the vote is not a big enough majority ” insist irony- free Brexiters" Without irony , Jacob Rees- Mogg and those other ...

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(Currently touring Europe, but coming soon to a field of wheat, near you.)

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Couple of articles on Slugger O'Toole in support of necessity of backstop. https://sluggerotoole.com/2018/12/10/four-pro-remain-parties-issue-joint-statement-on-the-backstop/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; "Four Pro-Remain parties issue joint statement on the backstop&...

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"The BBC and Jeremy Corbyn" https://waitingfortax.com/2018/03/19/the-bbc-and-jeremy-corbyn/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; b:1/Just remembered I have a written message from a senior BBC bod explaining (unambiguously) that the BBC does code negative messages about ...

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https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/staggers/2018/12/row-over-whether-jeremy-corbyn-and-no-confidence-motions-really-about" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; "row over whether Jeremy Corbyn and no confidence motions is really about Brexit Jeremy Corbyn is coming under pr...

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https://amp.theguardian.com/politics/2018/dec/10/foreign-office-investigates-report-state-funded-body-targeted-corbyn" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; 'Foreign Office investigates reports that state-funded body targeted Corbyn' The Institute for Statecraft, based in Fife, rec...

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PorFavor wrote:Isn't Theresa May worried that this arsing about might cause the civil unrest that keeps being alluded to?

They shouldn't leave it to late, there's only 14.4 civil unrest days until Xmas.

tinybgoat

'Hedge funds make big bets against post-Brexit UK economy'

https://www.theguardian.com/business/20 ... uk-economy" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/boris-johnson-prime-minister-brexit-deal-canada-earnings-latest-a8672986.html?amp" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; "Boris Johnson is engaged in the long con to be PM, and he’s counting on us staying in the EU" The credibility of ...

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Yes, the headline simplifies a much more complex reality. But we should be used to that by now ;) https://www.thersa.org/discover/publications-and-articles/rsa-blogs/2018/12/millennials#" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; "Selfish millennials?" Far from underpinning ...

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https://techcrunch.com/2018/12/04/rudy-giuliani-doesnt-understand-the-internet/amp/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; "Rudy Giuliani, a Trump cybersecurity adviser, doesn’t understand the internet" Basically he mistyped a tweet making it appear as an hypertext link, ...

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Oh dear... Kevin Schofield ‏ Verified account @PolhomeEditor 10m10 minutes ago More Geoffrey Cox confirms UK cannot "unilaterally" leave the Northern Ireland backstop, if it is triggered. Cue Brexiteer fury in 5 ... 4 ... 3 ... 2 ... At what point do Brexiteers simply give up and say &quo...

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/dec/01/mueller-investigation-manafort-cohen-trump-russia" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; "'Mueller knows a lot': Manafort and Cohen moves put Trump in line of fire" “There aren’t that many people higher in the organization l...

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https://www.opendemocracy.net/uk/brexit ... n-eu-offic" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
"Theresa May spokesman sparks fresh suspicion of British ‘spying’ on EU officials"

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Pipped at the post!
"79 Instrumental songs everyone knows, but no one knows the name of (TV Show & Advertising Music)"
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'Entry of the Gladiators' somewhere around number 65,
I'd have got there eventually!

tinybgoat

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/dec/01/rightwing-thinktank-deletes-offer-of-access-to-ministers-for-donors Adam Smith Institute offered £1,000 donors invites to ‘power lunches and patrons dinners Earlier this year the chief executive of the Institute of Economic Affairs was filmed by an u...

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Not sure if this is significant, but ConservativeHome has redecorated,
It previously had a Brexit Banner at the top of the page,
but now has a more Unionist friendy one.

tinybgoat

HindleA wrote:Read that as a new "Brian" was going to ask what was wrong with the old one.

It was out of order?

tinybgoat

://www.opendemocracy.net/uk/brexitinc/adam ... -geoghegan
"Right-wing think tank accused of promoting tobacco and oil industry “propaganda” in schools"

tinybgoat

https://www.opendemocracy.net/uk/peter-emerson/for-people-to-have-their-say-on-brexit-how-best-can-multi-option-conundrum-be-resol" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; "For the people to have their say on Brexit, how best can the multi-option conundrum be resolved?" ugh...

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18/05/16 https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/minister-priti-patel-quit-eu-to-save-our-curry-houses-a3251071.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; "Minister Priti Patel: Quit EU to save our curry houses" 28/11/18 https://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/news/herit...

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https://sluggerotoole.com/2018/11/28/why-brexit-is-going-wrong-and-how-it-could-be-fixed-part-2/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; "Why Brexit is going wrong and how it could be fixed (part 2)" This is the second of two posts here looking at Brexit through a democrat...

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PaulfromYorkshire wrote:
Chancellor admits UK will be worse off under all Brexit scenarios
Guardian

He said something along lines of economically being worse off, but there being other political benefits including 'being able to negotiate new trade deals',
I'm pretty sure that was meant to be an economic benefit!

tinybgoat

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-court-case-article-50-ruling-theresa-may-supreme-justice-referendum-a8652731.html%3famp "Brexit: Government admits UK could attempt to unilaterally revoke Article 50 if MPs want to" Well, that is potentially signif...

tinybgoat

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-court-case-article-50-ruling-theresa-may-supreme-justice-referendum-a8652731.html%3famp" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; "Brexit: Government admits UK could attempt to unilaterally revoke Article ...

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https://amp.theguardian.com/politics/2018/nov/27/brexit-european-court-to-rule-on-whether-article-50-can-be-reversed" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; "European court to rule on whether article 50 can be reversed Judges to decide if UK can stop Brexit without consent of 2...

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... The answer is that somehow parliament and the nation have to come to terms with the fact that the former fucked up in 2015, by overwhelmingly voting for the referendum at all. Mea culpa, sackcloth and ashes, confessing, accepting responsibility, reparations ? It's FAR FAR beyond a party matter ...

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https://amp.theguardian.com/politics/2018/nov/26/ministers-consider-backing-norway-plus-as-brexit-plan-b" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; "Ministers consider backing ‘Norway plus’ as Brexit plan B" This would still lead to division between those wanting to stay in i...

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https://theconversation.com/amp/will-theresa-mays-brexit-deal-survive-game-theory-has-an-answer-107532" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; "Will Theresa May’s Brexit deal survive? Game theory has an answer" The European Union may have approved Theresa May’s withdrawal ...

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https://www.conservativehome.com/platform/2018/11/lucy-woodcock-by-backing-a-peoples-vote-may-could-save-the-conservatives.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; "Lucy Woodcock: By backing a ‘People’s Vote’, May could save the Conservatives" Hopefully this isn't Lucy...

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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-void-high-court-ruling-arron-banks-investigation-when-december-christmas-a8649001.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; "Brexit: High Court to rule if referendum vote ‘void’ as early as Christmas after Arron Banks inv...

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Marina Hyde https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/nov/23/brexit-advent-political-hellscape-war-with-spain" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; "Get ready for Brexit advent, where a new political hellscape opens every day" The only momentary bright spot seems to...

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https://amp.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/nov/17/arron-banks-emails-steve-bannon-brexit-campaign-funds" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; "Emails reveal Arron Banks’ links to Steve Bannon in quest for campaign cash" The emails are likely to be scrutinised in the US whe...

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