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Scoop from @albertonardelli: This Is What The EU Really Thinks About Theresa May’s New Brexit Plan buzzfeed.com/albertonardell…
@AlbertoNardelli .@BuzzFeedNews has seen details of the initial Brussels assessment of May's proposals. It informs EU capitals that the UK plan crosses red lines already agreed by the remaining 27 member states buzzfeed.com/albertonardell…
@AlbertoNardelli @BuzzFeedNews One senior European source told @BuzzFeedNews the question for the EU was not whether to reject the UK proposals, but when
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Hostile environment latest...

This gay couple have been together for 11 years but the Home Office refused their visa application because their utility bills were in only one name

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@emilydugan Adam Armstrong, from Adelaide, applied for a settlement visa to join his long-term partner Duke Westwood who had moved back to Swansea for work.

The submitted evidence, including joint tenancy, joint bank statements, joint car ownership + statements from lawyer, doctor etc
@emilydugan The Home Office ignored all this and rejected the application because their water and energy bills were in Westwood's name only
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BREAKING: Far-Right Activist Tommy Robinson Has Been Freed On Bail After His Contempt Of Court Conviction Was Overturned buzzfeed.com/laurasilver/to… via @laurafleur
@laurafleur The appeal court judges absolutely demolish how the judge at Leeds crown court rapidly tried and convicted Robinson/Yaxley-Lennon for contempt in May. Key summary par from the judgment here
@laurafleur Important point: Robinson has been freed BUT is on bail and will face a new hearing on the alleged contempt under a different crown court judge.

Which means, somewhat ironically, that proceedings are active so contempt of court rules apply. Final line of judge's summary:
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The Queen is about to have tea with Trump at the same time as new indictments are announced back in the US in the Trump-Russia collusion probe. Timing.

This will be an awesome episode in season 56 of The Crown.
Her Maj is not going to be happy to be kept standing around waiting for him
Queen here is totally thinking "This anthem is shit, play God Save Me"
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#Brexit #thread
1/ If you don’t follow Brexit every day, here’s some advice. Let go of any illusions that this drama is about trade protocols, residency rights or the status of the Irish border. Brexit is the story of a proud former imperial power undergoing a mid-life crisis
2/ The rest of the world is left listening to Britain’s therapy session as they drone on about their ex-spouse, unable to see, admit or address their own flaws.
3/ The promise of Brexit was that it would make Britain feel big again. “Britain is special,” the Brexiteers assured British voters, who cast their ballots accordingly. But Brexit has proven that for the first time in modern history, Britain is small.
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This story is so revealing of what drives Theresa May: The prime minister personally insisted that the words “Ending Of Free Movement Of People” be added to the first page of her Brexit deal buzzfeed.com/albertonardell…
In the middle of delicately balanced negotiations packed with technical and complicated issues, that May's big ask was to get the words "ending of free movement of people" on the first page of the political declaration is so revealing.
Over the past 2 years I have asked numerous EU and European government officials if they could pinpoint the exact moment May’s path towards a hard Brexit was set. Many, often without much hesitation, point to the PM’s ”citizens of nowhere” speech.
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Theresa May’s Brexit deal in a nutshell. A short thread.

The starting point: everything flows from the prime minister's decision to end the free movement of people. The four freedoms cannot be split. This was clear two years ago. (e.g. )
The economic context: the UK is worse off outside the EU under every scenario. This damage can only be mitigated, but not eliminated. The more the UK diverges, the greater the barriers to trade with the EU – i.e. its biggest market – the greater the damage buzzfeed.com/albertonardell…
The political reality: 27 is bigger than one. 450 million is bigger than 65 million. No deal would be bad for everyone, but far far worse for the UK. The UK cannot afford no-deal. The EU holds most of the cards.
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1) Megathread - Yes, the #Brexit vote is illegitimate, and it's not elitist to say so

Simply put, a vote that is based on misconceptions and illusions but which *cannot* be reversed is an affront to democracy therefore the very concept of the referendum is illegitimate
2) So why was the #Brexit vote illegitimate? Well, broadly speaking:
1) The Brexit we "voted for" ends FoM, the ECJ & payments to EU
2) This will be severely damaging to the economy & jobs
3) If the public was asked today the same question but were told the above,Remain would win
3) Leave simply would not win if the costs of the #Brexit they promised were revealed honestly in a second referendum. The only way they could win is if these costs were obscured again

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THREAD (1) When the likes of Hannan feel the need to 'brush off' something so critical to the right-wing/neo-con #Brexit wet dream, we find digging a little deeper to be useful. After all, ground breaking 'shadow trade deals' with right-wing US think tanks is no small fish.
(2) In fact, given the growing negativity surrounding the #Brexit negotiations, compounded by the Govts' own damning economic analysis, one would have thought Hannan and Fox et al, would be shouting from the roof tops about their bespoke 'shadow US-UK trade deal.' Wouldn't you?
(3) The problem for our intrepid trade deal making duo, as almost always, is to be found in the detail; just what are, and who is, behind these neo-con US think tanks? Perhaps Daniel would enlighten us?
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#Brexit
1) Thread - All Brexits are bad and what we voted for
It's often said by brexiters that "it's not all about economics"
However, the *actual* Leave campaign was almost wholly about economic arguments

With the leak of this 2-8% report those arguments are now trashed
2) We seem to have forgotten this however economics played a huge part in the Vote Leave campaign, making up over 2/3rds of the primary arguements. The clear message was we would at the least be no worse off and at best much better off. 4 of the 6 below state this clearly
3) & the fact is voters believed we would be no worse off. People prioritized immigration certainly, but against a backdrop of there being no consequences from Brexit - few are prepared to actually pay for ending FoM
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