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Yvette Cooper @YvetteCooperMP
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Latest Brexit white paper is another exercise in linguistic and legal contortions, presumably to pander to the Tory hard right again. Why can’t this Govt & this PM just be straight with people about what they are doing....1/7
Today’s Ministerial statement says we are repealing the 1972 European Communities Act in March 2019 ...2/7
But then it says we are going to “save its effects” - (also know as reintroducing it) - for another 2 years ....3/7
But apparently we won’t be “saving the effect” of the power that lets us make payments to the EU .....4/7
But we will be creating a new power to make payments to the EU.... 5/7
Can’t find a single mention of Northern Ireland border in this new White Paper, yet Brexit Secretary just confirms in answer to my question that the NI backstop will be included in the new legislation. Pretty big omission from a White Paper on the legislation! ...6/7
Why the shenanigans? Why not just admit what they are doing? Presumably because they are still pandering to ERG rhetoric. But problem is - as I said to PM last week - they just aren’t straight with people so everyone is confused & no one trusts what the Govt is doing ...7/7
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1. A blindfold Brexit deal with so little agreed on future security & economic cooperation is too risky & weakens UK negotiating power on the future partnership. My article from last week on why Parliament shd vote against PMs deal & extend Article 50 telegraph.co.uk/politics/2018/…
2. Cross border crime & threats increasing, yet Deal has no agreement on SIS2 criminal database which U.K. checks 500 million x a transition for wanted criminals, terror suspects, weapons. Nor any commitment to replica EAW. (Full article outside paywall) yvettecooper.com/pm_must_extend…
3. But there’s no Plan B on security. No one involved thinks a future Security Treaty can be agreed & fully ratified in each member state in 2yrs. But unlike on Northern Ireland or customs, there’s no security backstop to prevent serious capability gap when transition runs out.
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Another day at @CommonsHomeAffs trying to get to bottom of Home Office plans for No Deal. Here’s what Home Office have now told us No Deal means:
1. Less security at border.
2. Free movement continues.
3. Less immigration enforcement.
Not sure that’s what people voted for.
Police, Border Force & Permanent Secretary have all said they won’t have access to SIS2 European database of suspects & criminals at the border - so less security at border
Immigration Minister has said there will be no additional checks at the border, no additional employment checks & they won’t be able to distinguish between new arrivals & long standing residents - so free movement continues
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So after yesterday’s confusion at @CommonsHomeAffs over Govt No Deal immigration plans here’s a thread on what I think we gleaned (and yes I know it’s full of contradictions & I assume some bits are wrong but afraid I don’t know which bits) bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…
1. Govt says in the event of No Deal, UK will still respect rights of EU citizens living here now & the same settled status scheme will apply as if there was a deal
2. Govt says in the event of No Deal, there will be no change in the checks on EU citizens at the border, and EU citizens will be able to travel into the UK same as now. People won’t need visas.
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I've been frustrated at the lack of info available on what #Brexit might really mean. Media is full of shrill, non-informative partisan rhetoric. This is the 1st of many info threads I will do on Brexit. I use 2017/18 data, unless the info is particularly insightful. EDUCATION:
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It's always someone else's fault with #Brexit it's the EU or it's Theresa May or it's remainers it's never ever the fucking fault of those who obsessed 4 brexit 4 20yrs & didn't fucking realise Dover/calais trade is important Well you fucking won it you own it u brexhadi tossers
Don't you just love how brexhadis are often rightwing tories who love preaching personal responsibility to the poor & disabled but when it comes to themselves & their shit pile #Brexit dream everything is always everyone else fault & they run a mile from responsibility arseholes
And oh how apparently if #Brexit is stopped it will be a terrible betrayal but the fact that all the promises they made haven't got a hope in hell of being realised won't be a betrayal at all wankers
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There is a lot that is very welcome & very good to see in the UK Govt #Brexit White Paper, from the point of view of Northern Ireland, North/South cooperation & @BelfastAgmt

Here's a wee thread of positivity

bit.ly/2LfeIQk

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There is repeated mention of the UK & EU 'meeting their shared commitments to Northern Ireland & Ireland', esp. in Exec Summary.

And it states the UK wishes to see a future UK-EU partnership 'honouring the letter & the spirit of the Belfast (‘Good Friday’) Agreement'.

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Evidence of honouring the letter of @BelfastAgmt comes primarily in relation to areas of north/south cooperation.

The Mapping Exercise of cross-border links conducted before the Joint Report of Dec'17 appears to be bearing fruit in the form of specific areas identified here.

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I'm reading the #Brexit White Paper here. Its utter #cakeism. EU will say no.
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl…
This is incredible. So the UK wants a common rule book for goods, but not services, membership of agencies ...

Who's going to be the fucking arbiter then? If not the ECJ!?

#Brexit #WhitePaper
So we're at association agreement. Not FTA.
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#Brexit White Paper is finally out

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1. The full U.K. solution to the Irish border will be rejected by the EU
2. A ‘common rulebook for goods’ - the EU could do two things: A) reject as cherry-picking parts of the single market or B) start discussing how much of this is doable under an FTA.
There’s a good chance it would be B, but it will have to be tweaked significantly
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