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Road Haulage Association at Brexit committee today confirm my story from March - a number of organisations obliged to sign non disclosure agreements before discussions re: Brexit border with Government -not impressed with what they have been told, but blocked from talking details
Here’s the Sky News #brexitforensics story from March: RHA conforming they signed that the customs system they were shown “won’t work” Government “not listening”
no doubt in my mind from multiple sources that important industrial and logistics providers feel gagged by these NDAs in telling the public the reality/ correcting erroneous optimistic political claims re Brexit border preparedness.

Cant think of a precedent.
Government said in response to our story that this was standard industry practice, industry said that would be the case for government contractors, but they aren’t, they’re industry bodies consulting on hugely important political decisions, blocked from saying what they think
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EU sources say there will be “no summit” and there are “no actual talks”, some discussions on reassurances. Another diplomatic source tells me even those will not come before the vote next week. /1
Still not entirely sure whether the Meaningful Vote debate that resumes tomorrow will be the continuation of the one curtailed last month or a new one. Former more likely. Would have to make special provision for previous speakers to speak again /2
Tory MPs who attended the Downing St drinks were expecting a bit of a rousing unity speech from PM - surprised there wasn’t one at all even “none of you will be back here” type cajoling. On the way out none I spoke to had changed mind.
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22 Tory MPs including PPSs, trade envoys, grandees among 209 MPs signing joint cross party letter from Caroline Spelman/Jack Dromey “must not crash out of EU without a deal. We urge the Government to agree a mechanism that would ensure a ‘No Deal’ Brexit could not take place”
... Tory 22 include Spelman, Boles, Soames, Letwin, Vaizey, Keegan, ex Trade Minister Garnier, Trade Envoy R Graham... more than enough rebels to win vote. As opposing No Deal is manifesto policy of Labour, LDs, Plaid, SNP and Greens it seems highly likely there’s a Commons maj..
At this stage the 209 MPs are
162 Labour,
22 Tory,
18 SNP,
5 Lib Dem
and 4 Plaid.

“we had to send a clear message tomorrow before a fortnight of key debates commencing on Tuesday with the Finance Bill” said one signatory.
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Ramsgate port approach now being dredged (NB by a Dutch dredger) in preparation for the potential taxpayer-funded ferry service to Ostend as a part alternative to anticipated No Deal Brexit blockages on the main Dover-Calais / Channel Tunnel routes
Meanwhile the first stages of “Operation Fennel” which we reported last month are now taking place - @TomBoadle has obtained this DfT letter about live testing Manston Airport Monday as another lorry park, in addition to 13 miles of M20 AND the M26 for No Deal Brexit disruption
Here is Operation Fennel - storing 10,000 cross channel lorries - the 5000 headed for Dover Port at Manston and 2000 For Eurotunnel on the M20 with a further 2000 on the M26 and then potentially stage 5 is for storage outside of Kent, if all that gets full...
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1/ This is an important story. Some ex-Labour staff allegedly (they haven't denied it) were made to sign non-disclosure agreements stopping them revealing what was going on in the Party and how it was handling anti-Semitism and sexual harassment claims thetimes.co.uk/article/d93cf1…
2/ This is something I have been hearing for a while from a few different sources, that the compliance unit of the party, which filters all allegations against members, has been a total mess for years and almost everyone left. Nb Labour haven't denied the NDAs
3/ I am pretty confident that there is a big story underneath all this, based on what I have heard especially re political interference with the complaints process. Will be interesting to see what happens to those NDAs (which Labour said they are against in #metoo type cases)
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Donald Trump knows everyone hates him.

He knows everyone will turn on him.

And he knows he will turn on them.

How do I know he knows this?

He makes everyone sign Non-Disclosure Agreements.

NDA's aren't needed between people who trust each other.

1/3
NDA's are only needed between people who plan to screw each other.

And you know what scares him the most?

Stormy Daniels just proved those NDA's are all meaningless.

They're unenforceable, and most are illegal.

2/3
Trump knows everyone around him hates him.

He knows they're chomping at the bit to turn on him.

Stormy Daniels just showed them they can do it with impunity.

The flood gates are about to open.

Trump is likely to panic.

Watch for the signs.

3/3
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Shall we talk about #Brexit again? Musicians need to travel. They need to travel freely if they are going to break even or show a profit. Every border, every barrier interferes with their ability to be artists and make a living.
Right now, how does a British musician make a European tour happen? You book a bunch of dates in Germany first. Germany pays. You make profit early on, you can afford to take a bath in Spain or Portugal later. Germany first - always good advice.
You put your gear in a vehicle, you drive said vehicle to Dover, you get on a ferry, you hit France, you start both spending and earning money. It's exactly the same as touring England and Wales, and entirely unlike touring Central America.
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1. The biggest problem with the #Brexit is a failure to separate the issues from the personalities. The issues are more complex than the average pundit is capable of absorbing - especially when they inhabit the Westminster bubble. (thread)
2. What we find is that the level of EU understanding is pitiful even among the think tanks who are supposed to be on top of these matters. Worse still are the populist pudnits who bang the drum for Brexit but make zero effort to understand the process.
3. The Leave Alliance would be a lot more popular if we simply simply churned out pleasing populist messages but if we want to get the best from Brexit then we have to look at the situation as it is rather than how we would wish it to be.
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What is most interesting about this piece by Dr Graham Gudgin on @BrexitCentral is how virtually identical it is to every other pro-Brexit piece on the Irish border.

Here's a brief thread noting some of these common features.

1/
brexitcentral.com/dublin-needs-t…
The border as battleground:
"The Irish border thus remains the key battleground in the war of attrition that is the UK-EU Brexit talks."

This has the effect of asserting that if UK moves on red lines here it loses the Brexit war.

Thus raising the stakes & raising tensions.
2/
It blames the change of Taoiseach from Kenny to Varadkar for "hard stance from the Irish govt that has soured UK-Irish relations".
It sees Irish intentions as barely disguised irredentism.
Yet lays all responsibility for progress on Irish govt accepting "practical solutions".
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I have come to the conclusion that the UK is irrevocably fucked.

Seriously, I think it's doomed. I don't think it can recover from here. This week has seen some incredible events take place.
Firstly, the UK's suicidal dive into a glorious past that never existed continues apace. All to appease 50 or so unhinged Tory MPs, UKIP, a few yobbo news editors, and several people are going to die of old age soon anyway.
Unilever announce they're moving their headquarters out of the UK - not Brexit. Prices are up - not Brexit. Businesses being forced to sign non-disclosure agreements about border arrangements - taking back control.

It's all fine, it's all great.

theguardian.com/politics/2018/…
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