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Garbled interpretation success.Careful may be infectious.My excuse is I am doing a cryptic crossword where the seemingly unrelated contains the answer somehow/somewhere.
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Or maybe not...original tweet has been deleted. Seemed an odd place for a political speech anyway.PorFavor wrote:If wet, in church hall.Theresa May is going to give her speech at the Santa Maria Novella church in Florence, it has revealed. (Politics Live, Guardian)
(I'm assuming the "it has revealed" is an Andrew Sparrow typo - but who knows?)
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Great bit of Murphy in that clip where he says something like "I use strong words because I'm wanting to start a debate. Nobody talked about tax avoidance a few years ago.."
Really? I'm reminded of Alan Partridge saying nobody had heard of Oxford before Inspector Morse.
Really? I'm reminded of Alan Partridge saying nobody had heard of Oxford before Inspector Morse.
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No freedom of movement only really leaves "a Canada", though, surely? We wouldn't do a Turkey, just the Customs Union, that would make no sense at all. So there isn't anything else once you rule out freedom of movement other than a trade agreement like Canada struck. I'm doubtful that freedom of movement is really a red line in reality. Perhaps the speech is about accepting the four freedoms for the transition period?
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Yeah, I think they could end up having to do freedom of movement. And the ECJ. May walks, in comes Damian Green or somebody.
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I am quite certain we will "do a turkey", though in the voting for Christmas sense rather than the one you intendedWillow904 wrote:No freedom of movement only really leaves "a Canada", though, surely? We wouldn't do a Turkey, just the Customs Union, that would make no sense at all. So there isn't anything else once you rule out freedom of movement other than a trade agreement like Canada struck. I'm doubtful that freedom of movement is really a red line in reality. Perhaps the speech is about accepting the four freedoms for the transition period?
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Still awaiting the full programme I guess.PaulfromYorkshire wrote:How real was this "row" I wonder?PoliticsHomeVerified account
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Whether or not article 127 needs to be triggered was a question doing the rounds earlier in the year and is now coming back to the fore. I follow some of the arguments of why it needs to be triggered or doesn't need to be triggered (frustrating we're plowing ahead with all this without establishing the legal necessities first) but the implication of the EU withdrawal bill seems less clear. The article says that the government can't take away rights without a vote in parliament but isn't that what the withdrawal bill is all about? To give the government the powers it needs to Brexit without consulting parliament? And wouldn't that include the power to leave the single market on ministerial whim? Don't really know.As the government continues its mission to pull Britain out of the single market at apparently any cost, the last hope for remainers and soft Brexiters could lie in the least glamorous and most surprising of places: article 127 of the 1994 European Economic Area (EEA) agreement. This obscure legal clause could, indeed, be all that stands between Britain’s economy and a cliff edge.
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This was about the "Look at us - we're now 8th in the world!!!" that some were crowing about the other day.
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Barnier in anticipation of May's speech...
Guardian daily politics summary here. Full speech text here.
We really haven't got a clue.He said the EU would not give Britain a bespoke trade deal with the benefits of the single market but not the disadvantages. Barnier has said this before - indeed, many EU leaders have said this repeatedly - but his words are significant because the briefing after today’s cabinet suggests that this is exactly what Theresa May will ask for.
Guardian daily politics summary here. Full speech text here.
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Labour 44% (+2)
CON: 40% (-1)
LDEM: 9% (-)
UKIP: 2% (-1)
GRN: 1% (-1)
via @IpsosMORI, 15 - 18 Sep
CON: 40% (-1)
LDEM: 9% (-)
UKIP: 2% (-1)
GRN: 1% (-1)
via @IpsosMORI, 15 - 18 Sep
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In some ways the most surprising figures there are UKIP 2 and Green 1. Wow.HindleA wrote:Labour 44% (+2)
CON: 40% (-1)
LDEM: 9% (-)
UKIP: 2% (-1)
GRN: 1% (-1)
via @IpsosMORI, 15 - 18 Sep
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The two horse race reflects, perhaps, the binary question of the moment - in or out, hard Brexit or soft Brexit.PaulfromYorkshire wrote:In some ways the most surprising figures there are UKIP 2 and Green 1. Wow.HindleA wrote:Labour 44% (+2)
CON: 40% (-1)
LDEM: 9% (-)
UKIP: 2% (-1)
GRN: 1% (-1)
via @IpsosMORI, 15 - 18 Sep
Could change significantly as the details of Brexit become more clear. If the Tories take a softer line they could lose some of those ex-UKip voters, although they could also gain some moderate waverers back into the fold. A tricky line to straddle for May. Whose support is she most fearful of losing? We may find out tomorrow, I suppose.
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Irish border data underlines huge task facing Brexit negotiators
Official analysis shows scale of potential disruption from hard border, finding there were more than 110m crossings last year
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The scale of possible disruption through the introduction of a post-Brexit hard border between Northern Ireland and Ireland is underlined by the estimate that, in May this year at selected crossing points, there were 118,000 private vehicle crossings on a daily basis
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Lots of "time for May to make up her mind" stuff in this Spectator article. Paints a picture of a pivotal speech tomorrow which could spark all out Tory civil war over Europe that could rumble on for years. Course, being May, it could just as easily turn out to be a damp squib of nothingness, yet more "all the benefits of the single market without freedom of movement" rubbish. The four freedoms are what make it a single market and its being a single market is where the benefits derive from. The EU have made it clear this isn't possible for the simple reason this isn't possible. So the question is will May get real and negotiate a proper deal or is she going to provoke a fake storm to justify a walk out?This new Tory Brexit battle will be the bloodiest of all
After more than 50 years of civil war, the Conservatives still can’t agree what kind of deal they want
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Ian Birrell's latest in the Guardian
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Will she just be talking about 'transition', or moving on to the final deal?
I think it was Paul Mason said the other day, the moment May sets out the model she wants long-term is the moment it goes tits-up in the tory party, I don't think he's wrong.
All the time she's wasting kicking the can down the road to avoid that moment makes economic disaster more and more likely.
Who the hell are the 40% who support them, they're bonkers. Many of my neighbours, I fear.
I think it was Paul Mason said the other day, the moment May sets out the model she wants long-term is the moment it goes tits-up in the tory party, I don't think he's wrong.
All the time she's wasting kicking the can down the road to avoid that moment makes economic disaster more and more likely.
Who the hell are the 40% who support them, they're bonkers. Many of my neighbours, I fear.
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In many cases, people who still read the papers. And believe them.gilsey wrote: Who the hell are the 40% who support them, they're bonkers. Many of my neighbours, I fear.
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AnatolyKasparov wrote:In many cases, people who still read the papers. And believe them.gilsey wrote: Who the hell are the 40% who support them, they're bonkers. Many of my neighbours, I fear.
Ah yes. the mind controllers from the 1980s.
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Well there is good news, newspaper circulation is dropping by the month (not least because their reliable readers are, quite literally, dying off)
Hopefully things will reach a critical mass and their falsehoods and distortions will no longer be treated almost reverentially by the broadcasters (especially, of course, the BBC)
I used to say before the 2015 GE that the press were screwed long term and this was very bad news for the Tories. What happened then (their pulling it out of the fire for the blue team at the last minute) made me wonder if I had been over-optimistic on this occasion, but its now looking that I was maybe only slightly out regarding the timing.
Hopefully things will reach a critical mass and their falsehoods and distortions will no longer be treated almost reverentially by the broadcasters (especially, of course, the BBC)
I used to say before the 2015 GE that the press were screwed long term and this was very bad news for the Tories. What happened then (their pulling it out of the fire for the blue team at the last minute) made me wonder if I had been over-optimistic on this occasion, but its now looking that I was maybe only slightly out regarding the timing.
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Two way-working to and from the worst prejudices of people.If you've had the headlines parrotted to you re.mass fraud which is miniscule,perhaps not so dismissive of potential influence.
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RIP William G Stewart.
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All this drawn-out performance at this end - but a 15 minute turnaround at the other.Michael Crick
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I've no doubt Barnier is a quick thinker and his abilities considerablePorFavor wrote:All this drawn-out performance at this end - but a 15 minute turnaround at the other.Michael Crick
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I'm told negotiator EU Michel Barnier is likely to respond within 15 minutes of Theresa May making her big EU speech in Florence tomorrow (Politics Live, Guardian)
May isn't much of a thinker at all and hasn't much ability
It sounds as though Barnier knows how he's going to respond to May's speech regardless of the content of her speech
Which is probably wise on his part
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Well, she's going to the wrong place and for the wrong audience. Let's hope she's got the right day - or that the venue isn't double-booked.
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Was Labour ever not the mainstream? I mean, since the 1920s at any rate.Jeremy Corbyn: Labour is now the mainstream, with Tories in disarray
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Evening all.
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Excellent.Good to hear.
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Priced Out? The affordability crisis in London
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Ooh you are referencing the time when she got the wrong day I thinkPorFavor wrote:Well, she's going to the wrong place and for the wrong audience. Let's hope she's got the right day - or that the venue isn't double-booked.
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She could also walk the wrong way out of her house
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"Hostile environment",already dear,for many not the few.
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Goodnight, PorFavorPorFavor wrote:Night night.
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So apparently May will say that Brexit will be, wait for it,
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Bollocks,hey ho
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I should have pretended not to be "watching" I never learn
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Poll of the final polls - too complicated to call (latest polls have swung back to National)
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Close calls and cliffhangers: the electorates to watch
"The unprecedented number of people taking advantage of early voting will mean there is a huge number of votes already counted by early Saturday evening.
Those results will be made available by the Electoral Commission almost immediately after the polling booths close at 7pm.(8am Sat)
The commission expects almost half of people intending to vote will have done so before Saturday, so the final party vote result is going to be expected much earlier than in previous years.
We could have a fairly good indication of the final result almost immediately."
Poll of the final polls - too complicated to call (latest polls have swung back to National)
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/political ... ed-to-call" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Close calls and cliffhangers: the electorates to watch
"The unprecedented number of people taking advantage of early voting will mean there is a huge number of votes already counted by early Saturday evening.
Those results will be made available by the Electoral Commission almost immediately after the polling booths close at 7pm.(8am Sat)
The commission expects almost half of people intending to vote will have done so before Saturday, so the final party vote result is going to be expected much earlier than in previous years.
We could have a fairly good indication of the final result almost immediately."