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This by @AaronBastani isn’t right.
The claim that the Labour manifesto couldn’t be implemented because of EU rules, including State aid rules, has been comprehensively refuted, here, by Biondi and Tarrant. renewal.org.uk/blog/eu-law-is…
The WA, whatever its faults, doesn’t *add* EU law obstacles that weren’t already there.
And as I pointed out here, Labour’s commitment to a permanent customs union necessarily implied acceptance of State aid rules. prospectmagazine.co.uk/economics-and-…
See also link.medium.com/tqJP01LoRR
The EU’s position is inevitable. A customs union means you can’t raise tariffs to defend yourself against your partner’s subsidised exports. So you won’t agree to a CU unless you have cast iron guarantees that there won’t be unacceptable subsidies. There’s no way round that.
There are good reasons for objecting to the WA. But @AaronBastani’s reason isn’t one of them.
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Not happy phrasing by @EvanHD.
The interview was disappointing (and as @StevePeers points out there was plenty of good stuff on Twitter with which to knock gaping holes in the 30 “truths”).
I appreciate that time is limited. But trying to get a seasoned operator like Lilley to criticise Gove wasted time.
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As said at the front, I helped with the legal aspects of this report.
Like all the choices that the U.K. has in front of it, an EEA/EFTA type arrangement involves trade-offs and political judgment about priorities. Views may fairly differ (and differ profoundly) about those.
Moreover, any way forward is going to be a second- or third- best option for many. It’s no use refusing to look at your second choice option because it’s not your first.
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David is being generous about point 26 of the Lilley list of 30 “truths” about “no deal”.
In some areas it’s hard to see how the U.K. could continue to export food more than trivially to the EU on a “no deal”.
See Welsh lamb exports.
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Right, here we go. Please fasten seat-belts and make sure your trays are stowed in an upright position, and prepare for rebuttal of the @peoplesvote_uk "dodgy dossier" (this may be a long one....... there is a lot to rebut). You may wish to take tea and come back in an hour.
Essentially the #PVdodgyDossier repeats a few easy-to-discredit old anti-EEA myths, with a smattering of deeper research meant to be authoritative yet isn't. Shame as the author @jonlis1 is a solid researcher let-down by not knowing the law & having his work "edited" by PV.
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Withdrawal Agreement signs UK up permanently to the blanket provisions of EU law preventing state aid, but not to Article 346 TFEU which exempts defence industry. So EU can choose to let our competitors subsidise their industry forever, and stop ours. @Leonardo_UK #Yeovil
The PM has said she wants to agree Common Security and Defence Policy during the transition period but if we have first passed this Withdrawal Agreement (and its “backstop” that gives the EU a permanent veto against our leaving) then defence is yet another negotiating hostage.
Defence cooperation which should be an asset in this negotiation, perhaps one of our biggest, is thereby turned into a liability. Time to reset this negotiation I think, and stand up for ourselves. Regret to say it looks like current leadership may not be able to.
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Arguably, the Political Declaration is the more important of the two documents. Another way of looking at it is that it's worthless because it has no legal power. Regardless, it's our only window into the possible shape of the post-Brexit day relationship.
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl…
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"LEVEL PLAYING FIELD" section means we would have to adhere to EU levels of state aid, competition, social and employment standards, environmental standards, climate change and relevant tax matters. Hmm.
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