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John Major's speech to @ifgevents already off to a cracking start.
'Democrats were so confident that their way of government was the way of the future that they stopped arguing for it.'
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'Democrats were so confident that their way of government was the way of the future that they stopped arguing for it.'
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Major: 'Trust in politics is at a low ebb, eroded by foolish behaviour...too often ministers have been evasive and the truth has seemed optional.'
Major: Misleading replies to question invite disillusion, outright lies breeds contempt.
Politicians are not all the same and lies are just not acceptable. To imply otherwise is to cheapen public life.
Politicians are not all the same and lies are just not acceptable. To imply otherwise is to cheapen public life.
Gemma Tetlow: given that we know the government cares about more than just covid mortality, the five tests are an imperfect guide to how it thinks about exiting lockdown
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There is not enough information available to produce anything like a Grand Plan, including unknowns about people's behaviour, how the economy reacts, do people spend their hoarded savings?
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Alex Thomas: we don't have a framework against which to make exiting decisions, yet - as they appear to have in the Republic of Ireland
One thought about the detailed “backstop” proposals for NI in the Commission’s draft agreement. It’s a template for a deal that is presumably available to the rest of the U.K. if it decides to prioritise frictionless trade with the EU over the questionable gains from other FTAs.
The detailed deal is essentially staying in the CU, the SM for goods/agri, and the VAT area. Not too far off what is now Labour policy: and possibly tweakable (it needs a different dispute resolution mechanism - EFTA Court? - and there may be some room for flexibility on VAT).
It’s more or less @SamuelMarcLowe’s “Jersey” proposal as outlined at the @instituteforgov event on Tuesday #ifgevents. And it proves Sam’s claim that (in contrast to some of the other proposals) it is actually something the EU may well agree to.
