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John Bruton now speaking at #NegotBrexit: opens with reminders of commitments in Jt Rpt
Bruton: personal experience of the Troubles, with colleagues murdered and dealing with cases as Minister, underline important of a backstop
Bruton: Ireland's situation is still in long-time development, but GFA allowed space for different communities to co-exist and share power
Bruton: Brexit disrupts this. While possible to imagine solution of customs issue, additional complication of political symbolism makes that impossible
Bruton: Ireland had no say in decision on Brexit, and N.Irl voted against. rUK perhaps doesn't understand how it affects Ireland
Bruton: Britain is never below the radar in IE, but not vice versa.
Bruton: need to take off the blinkers when working through Brexit
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A quick run-through of how the EU has dealt with non-approval of treaties, just, you know, in case:

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I'll start by noting this very useful book by @dermot_hodson and Imelda Maher, who are very much worth reading on this

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In short, the EU doesn't like re-opening texts, so failures to approve result in efforts to give the non-approver enough political space to accept the same legal text

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For all your keen types who didn't take this week off too, a couple of things to keep in mind over the weekend:

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Next week is the return of Parliament (and all those holidaying people, bah), so Sunday is going to give an early indicator of who's out to make the running on the Meaning Vote

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On gvt side, how senior a figure gets wheeled out to make the case for? Probably not the top level (save them for next w/e), but can they find someone with an air of genuine enthusiasm for it all?

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Right, a bit early for this sort of thing, but let's try to gather ourselves as 2019 kicks off with an update on what been happening in Brexit-land over the break:

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You'll recall that pre-Xmas the talk was all about UK ratification of the Withdrawal Agt and May's huge problems therewith

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You'll also recall that a major issue was with the time: to wit, there isn't much

May's gambit in delaying the Meaningful Vote seemed only to make sense in pushing the rhetoric of her deal or no-deal: vote late, so there's no time for alternatives

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Morning all: If you're looking for links to watch this morning's testimony, start here.

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An alternative link: judiciary.senate.gov/meetings/nomin…
Candidly: we're not off to a good start. Clear bias as Grassley opens by stating there wasn't a "whiff" of allegations when Kavanaugh was investigated by the FBI, and scolds Feinstein for not revealing the letter. In front of Dr. Ford.

Please call your Senators. (202) 224-3121.
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NOW: DNI Coats: The President has specifically directed us to make the matter of election meddling and our election security a top priority… We continue to see "pervasive messaging campaign by Russia…Russia isn't the only country trying to influence our elections. #Midterms2018
FBI Wray: Foreign Influence Task Force designed to root out operations is multidisciplinary just as the threat is. The scope of foreign influence is broad and deep. Our adversaries don't just threaten elections but society. Russia is a threat we need to take extremely seriously.
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#Minister Rev'd Yemi Graceman Aduloju @RevGraceman

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The news on our side of the world is fundamentally grim these days, but at least I can shed some light on people's lives that are fundamentally grimmer.
Sigh. Where oh where to begin? I guess here, because it's the first photo I found from my time there.

This is Hebron in the West Bank.
Hebron is the home of one of Islam's holy sites, the Ibrahimi Mosque.
It also happens to be a Jewish holy site named after Abraham as well.

Because of course Judaism and Islam (and Christianity) are fundamentally linked with Abraham. aljazeera.com/news/2016/02/r…
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I can't with this guy...but interestingly, he's also revealing a lot with each one of these interviews.

Why not just go speak to the Grand Jury? Clearly, it's not about avoiding spending more time talking about the investigation and your experience...

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#NOW: SAM NUNBERG says he was told he wasn't a target or a subject of the investigation and he was OFFERED IMMUNITY by the Special Counsel's team.

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ADMITTING THAT ROGER MAY HAVE LIED TO PROSECUTORS.
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SAM NUNBERG: "I'M NOT GOING TO JAIL, COME ON."
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NOW: #DeseraeTurner and family await sentencing for ColterPeterson, one year after Peterson lured her to a Smithfield trail and shot her in the head. Peterson was charged as an adult. Follow this thread for the latest updates. @abc4utah
Turner is seated in front of me. She still has short curly brown hair. Court is expected to start any minute. Defendant has not yet entered the courtroom. #happeningnow #deseraeturner #logan #cachecounty
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