Profile picture
Jim Pickard @PickardJE
, 5 tweets, 2 min read Read on Twitter
Breaking in the @ft: 46 Tory MPs including 11 former cabinet ministers have written to Theresa May urging her to listen to business ahead of the Chequers meeting ft.com/content/07cfc4…
here I can reveal the letter
signatories include Amber Rudd, former home secretary, Andrew Mitchell, former international aid secretary, Justine Greening, former education secretary, Stephen Crabb, former welfare secretary, Nick Boles, former planning minister, Mark Garnier, ex trade minister, I could go on
curious that I was told a few weeks ago that there were about 50 Tory MPs who would vote to block a no-deal Brexit, this may or may no be a co-incidence... ft.com/content/1c1e8f…
bear in mind that plenty of ministers also agree, but can’t sign this kind of thing....
Missing some Tweet in this thread?
You can try to force a refresh.

Like this thread? Get email updates or save it to PDF!

Subscribe to Jim Pickard
Profile picture

Get real-time email alerts when new unrolls are available from this author!

This content may be removed anytime!

Twitter may remove this content at anytime, convert it as a PDF, save and print for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video

1) Follow Thread Reader App on Twitter so you can easily mention us!

2) Go to a Twitter thread (series of Tweets by the same owner) and mention us with a keyword "unroll" @threadreaderapp unroll

You can practice here first or read more on our help page!

More from @PickardJE see all

Profile picture
the Grayling ferry story has taken another curious twist with Eurotunnel writing to the transport secretary expressing “serious concern” about the £103m offer to three ferry companies to provide new routes if there’s a no-deal Brexit
the letter was leaked to me yesterday, it says:

“I must bring to your attention the distortionary and anti-competitive effects of such an action, which would be a unilateral breach not only of the Concession Agreement with Eurotunnel but...(also)..competition and state aid law”
Eurotunnel wants a similar contract for itself. Otherwise it says it will consider all options, including legal action, against the transport department....
ft.com/content/21f4a1…
Read 11 tweets
Profile picture
Seaborne Freight won’t have its new Ramsgate-Ostend service ready before April, several weeks after Brexit day, officials admitted during a private cross-departmental meeting of Whitehall officials on Monday - story here on @FT
ft.com/content/743b11…
the company isn’t exactly denying this:
Meanwhile it seems the company might have issued “inaccurate investor briefings” last year.

A document entitled “Seaborne Freight (UK) Limited — Investor Briefing April 2018”, claimed the company had “detailed port agreements with both Ramsgate and Ostend negotiated and agreed”.
Read 10 tweets
Profile picture
it’s common knowledge that even small increases in checks at Dover (thanks to no-deal Brexit) could prompt queues on adjacent roads, potentially causing gridlock in Kent....but just how bad could it be?

Here’s a report last year from @imperialcollege

google.co.uk/amp/s/www.bbc.…
today we got our hands on the findings from another secret study carried out by UCL on behalf of the Department For Transport : the findings are much more explosive....
and here it is:

The key point is that extra checks of up to 40 seconds per truck don’t result in extra queues. But above that there would be an exponential spike on delays:

With checks of 70 seconds per truck there would be....queues of SIX DAYS

ft.com/content/d05498…
Read 10 tweets

Related threads

Profile picture
#BREAKING

1)
 The blueprint aiming to safeguard trade with #Iran's regime against U.S. sanctions is facing utter collapse as no EU state is willing to host the mechanism.

This is absolutely humiliating for @FedericaMog.

#SanctionsAreWorking
reuters.com/article/us-ira…
2)
 "EU diplomats said the main European powers - Germany, France and Britain - would raise pressure on tiny Luxembourg to host the so-called Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV)..."
3)
 "The stakes are high, for Iran has warned it could scrap a 2015 accord on curbing its nuclear program reached with world powers, including the big EU trio,..."

My take:
Shame on the EU for failing to adopt a firm approach vis-a-vis #Iran's regime.
Read 24 tweets
Profile picture
#BREAKING
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo explaining new sanctions on #Iran.
Oil money will be going into a foreign bank account to only be used for humanitarian purposes.
These will be relentless sanctions, he added.

#SanctionsAreComing
US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin
We are imposing the highest pressure on #Iran's regime. Tehran will be facing mounting isolation until they end their malign activities. We are watching the Iranian regime with laser focus.

#SanctionsAreComing
Pompeo:
We understand #Iran is a threat to the US & we are determined to stop them.
Iran's Qassem Suleimani has American blood on his hands.
Read 27 tweets
Profile picture
No alternative Brexit plan yet from the ERG. But @SteveBakerHW tells PA May risks "catastrophic split" in party if she doesn't chuck Chequers. Says 80 MPs ready to vote in down in Commons 1/3
@SteveBakerHW Warning comes as @BorisJohnson sketches out a domestic policy platform that will infuriate No10/Hammond & delight grassroots: No more tax hikes under a [Johnson] Tory govt. (no mention of the Treasury warning of a £80bn no-deal black hole in public finances) 2/3
@SteveBakerHW @BorisJohnson Baker warning comes after significant @FT splash saying EU leaders will give Barnier new instructions to help close a Brecit deal at informal Salzburg summit later this month: lifeline for No 10's Chequers plan >> ft.com/content/477ac3…
Read 4 tweets
Profile picture
(1)
 Knowing hard times are ahead, #Iran is preparing to sellout anything from the Caspian Sea in return for political support from Russia in the face of the U.S.
independent.co.uk/news/world/eur…
(2)
 Caspian Sea control

1921
Iran: 50%
Soviet Union: 50%

2003
Iran & Turkmenistan: 31%
Russia, Azerbaijan & Kyrgyzstan: 68%
cis-legislation.com/document.fwx?r…

2018
Mullahs selling out the Iranian people's God-given wealth...
(3)
 And China:

"China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) has replaced Total of France with a 80.1 percent stake in the phase 11 of the South Pars (gas field)..."

What country provides 80.1% share of their own wealth to another country?

sputniknews.com/business/20180…
Read 19 tweets
Profile picture
When @JZarif says, "#Iran never raced towards a bomb, nor will it race towards a bomb," rest assured it is the exact opposite.
We will realize how Tehran sought nuclear arms for decades. For a country sitting on an ocean of oil & gas, a "peaceful" nuclear program is meaningless.
A very telling cartoon about #NorthKorea & #Iran, as Pyongyang signals indications to set aside its nuclear weapons/ballistic missile program. This is leaving Tehran as now sole target of the international community's soon-to-come pressures.
For those who describe #Iran's FM @JZarif as a "moderate" or "reformist"

"We will exit the NPT. / We will launch advanced enrichment," he says in response to Trump's May 12th #IranDeal deadline.
asremrooz.ir/vdciu5ar3t1app…
Read 198 tweets
Profile picture
#BREAKING Several Princes & Saudi businessmen are arrested for #MoneyLaundering and #corruption charges in #KSA 🇸🇦
sabq.org/Spn3jq
The new Saudi Anti-Corruption Committee established today arrests several Princes & Fmr. Ministers - AlArabia
Saudi Arabia announces new anti-corruption committee led by Crown Prince Cabinet amid reshuffle
thenational.ae/world/gcc/saud…
Read 26 tweets

Trending hashtags

#Malta #ThursdayThoughts #Russian #BreakingNews #humantrafficking #HighMorale #Iran #Trump #marr #JUSTin #SanctionsAreWorking #WednesdayWisdom #TrumpTowerMeeting #Saudi #EXCLUSIVE #IranNuclearDeal #IranProtests #ThePatriotTimes #BeLouder #FIRE #ridge #PBPE #apartheid #USS #REDFLAG

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!

This site is made by just three indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member and get exclusive features!

Premium member ($3.00/month or $30.00/year)

Too expensive? Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal Become our Patreon

Thank you for your support!