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We are heading for an end state which is far away from Brexiteers' preferred destination of Canada-style regulatory divergence, No10 aides and allies of Leave Cabinet ministers now say: politico.eu/article/how-br…
Question for Brexiteers now is do they accept No10's plan for a close alignment deal and try to “fix” it afterward, or fight for the Brexit they want now? May has succeeded in getting some Leavers to back her: politico.eu/article/how-br…
Senior No10 aides privately agreed that no deal is not an option towards the end of last year, despite May's public statements to the contrary, and despite Dexeu ministers believing it was still a possibility: politico.eu/article/how-br…
Brexiteers are now divided into two camps. The more depressed lot are promising one last stand. Talk again of a junior ministerial walkout. politico.eu/article/how-br…
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NEW: Theresa May's allies privately concede they are on course to lose the meaningful vote due 12 days from now. Senior Tories are gaming a second vote or another delay. Downing Street insider: “If we have to have the vote 30 times, we will"

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Senior ministers are urging May to set a departure date soon after March 29th to convince rebels a new leader can take over the next stage of Brexit negotiations. A cabinet minister has discussed the idea with Gavin Barwell.

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The ERG has held several conference calls this week. They reckon 40 of their MPs will always vote against the deal and the DUP will not back down. Putting on a Northern Irish accent, a senior member of the ERG told BuzzFeed News: “No surrender"

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Theresa May promised cabinet she would seek the “unilateral ability to withdraw” from any backstop and guaranteed the UK would not be kept in “against our will”, according to two cabinet ministers who fear she is about to renege on that pledge: buzzfeed.com/alexwickham/mi…
May also told cabinet that the NI-only backstop "would not be needed"... ministers fear that language leaves it open for the NI-only backstop to remain in what they are calling a “Russian doll backstop” buzzfeed.com/alexwickham/mi…
Draft text of the Future Economic Partnership doing the rounds, leaving open the possibility of a Canada-style FTA. Colleagues suspect this will allow Dom Raab to climb down on his public statements on the backstop and claim victory... buzzfeed.com/alexwickham/mi…
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This reminds me of when I was at @QualcommVenture and the @HoloLens came out in 2016. @sdesh & I conducted our own deep tech investigation on why the FOV of #AR wasn’t full-field, & came away with massive respect for what was accomplished by the @Microsoft team.

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@VictoriaLIVE @ProfRWinston @Aisleyne1 @BBCTwo @BBCNews Let's look at A's reasons for voting #Leave:
"Us being able to fix our our problems. I think the #NHS, our teachers are underpaid, and I believe that we put so much money into the EU."
a) We CAN fix our own problems. Public services are 100% managed by own Govt —

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@VictoriaLIVE @ProfRWinston @Aisleyne1 @BBCTwo @BBCNews — except the bits Govt privatised! The EU does not interfere with how our Govt runs the NHS or its education policy or the police force, etc.

The competences of the EU are defined by treaty. They tend to be issues that extend beyond national borders.

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@VictoriaLIVE @ProfRWinston @Aisleyne1 @BBCTwo @BBCNews Typical areas include trade, environment & security.

Think about it. When was the last time you heard the #NHS complaining to the EU abt underfunding? Or schools complaining the the EU abt kids going hungry? Never. They complain to our Govt cos' OUR GOVT is responsible.

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“very proud of White Helmet resettlement effort. It was a tough mission, it was a tough ask, but we delivered because we felt that White Helmets had done an exceptional service for humanity and we needed to be there to help them” =>
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