Even Conservative MPs are panicking now;
The referendum was intended to settle the internal dispute in their party but seems not have succeeded even in that limited aim.
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Do we need an EU referendum thread? (Brexit thread)
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I see their website design is from the 1990s. Which, admittedly, is more up to date than some of their other policies.
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@Frenchy
I thought the funniest aspect (of the many side-splitters) was the implied proposal for the UK of GB&NI to go on bended knee to Iceland, the country it invoked anti-terrorist financial legislation against only ten years ago, to plead for EFTA membership. I'm sure the three cod wars are forgotten now, but that one likely still stings a bit for the Icelanders.
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STEP 3 – Negotiate Long Term Relationship from Position of Strength
I think Nick Boles MP has mixed up his teenage diaries with his political website.
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STEP 4 – Prepare properly for trade on World Trade Organisation (WTO) terms
Implement massive programme of investment to transform UK's ability to trade successfully on WTO terms in case UK cannot accept EU terms for FTA
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“massive programme of investment to transform” - not really the style of recent Tory Govs.
Might be even harder to find the money after Brexit.
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Brexit will put the Union in peril according to fresh polling, which shows that leaving the EU under any conditions will build majority support for Scottish independence and the reunification of Ireland.
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If only Brexit were as easy as writing yet another rousing Telegraph column.It is as if a couple of years as an actual cabinet minister had no effect on Boris Johnson.
Reverting to type ((literally).
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https://twitter.com/davidallengreen/status/1036510762754297856
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The views of private enterprise are buoyant and optimistic at least.
Brexit: Greencore chief warns Britain may face food shortages
Food group’s Patrick Coveney fears food will rot in trucks if there are delays at portsPosted 5 years ago # -
I crossed the Irish border before the Good Friday Agreement and it was genuinely frightening. Real security, not the theatrical stuff you see at airports.
Almost incredible that we seem to be headed back to those days by accident.
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Is it "by accident“? I think the minority of powerful brexiters who stand to profit simply consider it a price worth paying. Can't coherently articulate my fury and loathing.
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On the plus side, nautical smuggling ought to become a growth industry again.
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Daniel Keohane is Senior Researcher at the Centre for Security Studies in Zurich,
Neutral observer abroad predicts inevitable return to division in Ireland if this thing goes ahead.
Also, UK-based commentators are literally insane;
A UK that had left the EU would undoubtedly become a pole of attraction for the Republic of Ireland.
As @Snowy points out we are creating a gangsters' paradise.
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**New** Sunday National has a nice accurate picture of him on front page!
https://twitter.com/callumbaird1/status/1038764388793102338
The Herald on Sunday has a story about Calmac ferry failures.
Interesting to see these two new titles from NewsQuest will compete / co-exist. They share the same magazine.
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Lots more of this to come. Hurrah. Great.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/28/world/europe/uk-austerity-poverty.html
"Whatever the operative thinking, austerity’s manifestations are palpable and omnipresent. It has refashioned British society, making it less like the rest of Western Europe, with its generous social safety nets and egalitarian ethos, and more like the United States, where millions lack health care and job loss can set off a precipitous plunge in fortunes."
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@unhurt, you missed the good news. All will be well and anyone standing in the way of the glorious revolution will know the wrath of the people.
“Economists for Free Trade have calculated that a WTO agreement would result in a £1.1 trillion boost to the economy over 15 years, because our trade with WTO countries has grown four times faster than our trade under single-market terms. Prices would go down by as much as 8 per cent for some basic items such as food and footwear, meaning it would provide the biggest benefit to the least well-off.”
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Gold plated unicorns for all?
ETA when he says "food" does he perhaps mean whatever America chooses to dump on us?
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“Gold plated unicorns”
Much overrated.
The solid silver ones are much more practical.
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I'm sure we're all looking forward to the London airlift of hershes "chocolate", waxed apples and mystery meat.
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IWRATS - if you are feeling particularly strong of stomach, go and have a look at the "Economists for Free Trade" website. They seriously argue that up is down, black is white, Rees-Mogg is serious poltician etc.
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@Morningsider
Well I try to be open-minded about these things but the acid test for insanity in any Brexit issue is Ireland. Given the positions held by their team and advisors that is some truly terrifying gibberish;
The politics of the Northern Ireland border fanned by party political issues in the Republic together with manipulation of these issues by the EU have put trade across the Northern Ireland border at the centre of Brexit negotiations
And they seem to think that 'Ulster' is a happy synonym for 'Northern Ireland'.
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And they seem to think that 'Ulster' is a happy synonym for 'Northern Ireland'.
Ummmmmm.
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Economists for free trade have published their detailed analysis on the Economic impact of a no-deal Brexit
Brexit Latest: the pound will both fall and rise, and both will be good news. http://pic.twitter.com/c6Dpts6AOe
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In case you were worried about the risks of a no-deal, the pro-Brexit group Economists for Free Trade have produced an FAQ to set your mind at rest http://pic.twitter.com/gLCrlL8ayC
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I’m convinced...
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Nipped in to Holyrood to hear Mike Russell's statement on preparations for chaotic exit from the EU.
Professor Adam Tomkins MSP asked a question that made him look so mad he might just as well have dropped from the rafters like a giant bat.
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Professor Adam Tomkins MSP - he's just a bit nutty. Another top comedian from the party of hopelessness!
Just saw the clip - as a member of a minority party in Scotland you'd think he would be a bit calmer trying to win over views. But of course to him Scotland is just an errant region needing to be brought into line. He's angry as we are being wooed by the endless pro Europe, pro Indy media we have here ;-)
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@LaidBack
The clip doesn't do him justice. His voice was so piercing the guy next to me jumped in his seat.
And as you say, crowing that you have trapped everyone between a lava flow and the raging sea and what are you going to do about it? is not a good look for making friends. I don't think they want friends.
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