FlyTheNest

Morning all.

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May says No Deal would not be the end of the world.

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Portes debunking a Toady interview where both the interviewer and Tory interviewee claimed that African nations face huge tariffs in trade with the EU. They don't.

Some interesting comments in the thread though about how trade with poorer nations could be done even better. Not sure I understand.

And Martin Rowson on good form

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PaulfromYorkshire wrote:https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/p ... 10456.html

May says No Deal would not be the end of the world.

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Trade won't stop overnight on 29/3/19 But it will get so complex and expensive that UK exports will fall off a cliff.
More like death by a thousand cuts rather than a gunshot to the head.

This one always makes me laugh

PaulfromYorkshire wrote:https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/p ... 10456.html

May says No Deal would not be the end of the world.

That's OK then - steady as she sinks!

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Disability Rights UK response to SSAC consultation on Government proposal to move claimants on 'legacy' benefits to Universal Credit

Consultation outcome

Great Western rail franchise

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French environment minister quits live on radio with anti-Macron broadside

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HindleA wrote:https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/ ... -broadside


French environment minister quits live on radio with anti-Macron broadside

... giving great hope to all the budding centrist parties here

On which, anyone news on Gina Miller and the Lib Dems?

PaulfromYorkshire wrote:On which, anyone news on Gina Miller and the Lib Dems?

Any rule alteration to allow non-MPs to stand for leader is apparently a constitutional change that would require two thirds of party members approving.

So even if Vince wants it, far from guaranteed.

Hating the ((denigraTory epithet(s))Tory Party is central to my beliefs.

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Could basic income help the emancipation of people with disabilities?

Think the tea time shift on here is now overdue?

Good-evening, everyone

AnatolyKasparov wrote:Think the tea time shift on here is now overdue?

There is nothing political trending on my Twitter.

In fact I'm off now to cook some fish for friends

PaulfromYorkshire wrote:

AnatolyKasparov wrote:Think the tea time shift on here is now overdue?

There is nothing political trending on my Twitter.

Not even the reported (Rabbi) Sacks comments about Corbyn?

PaulfromYorkshire wrote:In fact I'm off now to cook some fish for friends

Good for you
Have fun!

Theresa May indicates she would fight a Boris Johnson leadership bid

I've really posted this because of the photo' which comes with the article. Theresa May looks as if she's gatecrashed it!

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May getting ready for the upcoming GE launch with a photo shoot near Cape Town, South Africa

PorFavor wrote:

Theresa May indicates she would fight a Boris Johnson leadership bid

I've really posted this because of the photo' which comes with the article. Theresa May looks as if she's gatecrashed it!

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... ership-bid

PorFavor and I didn't plan our posts with each other prior submitting them

@PorFavor
Snap

Yes - but spooky, eh?

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oh jesus christ

PorFavor wrote:Yes - but spooky, eh?

We know a ploy when we see one, that's all
Anyone knowing May, her political party and record can figure it out

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Tom Watson demands answers about alleged Russian Brexit plot

And Damian Collins has also made more comments about the limitations faced by the DCMS in investigating this recently.

A seemingly minor story at the moment, but worth keeping an eye on given the links to the Mueller investigation in the US which is starting to move into a new phase, with criminal convictions and the first hint of evidence of Tump/Russian collusion coming from Michael Cohen.

Prime minister engages in dancefloor diplomacy...

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pass the sick-bucket

Hoodlum-style 'negotiations' !

"" “We hope that Canada will come in. I think it’s a good idea if they do. There’s really not much they should object to. But if not, they will then have to be treated as a real outsider,” Ross told Fox Business Network.

Mnuchin also indicated that the US would go ahead with the US-Mexico deal with or without Canadian support. ""

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ABdePJ made some more friends !

“”It was in the run-up to that vote – at which the UK’s traditional European allies, including France and Germany, chose to abstain – that Mr Johnson is alleged to have called the Mauritian prime minister.

“After the Brexit vote, support for the UK collapsed,” said Philippe Sands, the British lawyer who is representing Mauritius.( Return of the Chagos Islands)

“Britain has fallen off its pedestal. I think we’re seeing a story here about… the end of empire and the end of colonialism in a small part of Africa in the Indian Ocean, coinciding with a moment when [Britain] seems to be turning inward.”””

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Goodnight, everyone
love,
cJA