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Unsurprised to see the second half of @HEPI_news's own headline gets missed out in news reports: hepi.ac.uk/2018/11/22/new…

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@HEPI_news Another good example of definitional semantics: where one draws the boundary between teaching and research is highly arbitrary, especially when multiple bits of cross-subsidising going on

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@HEPI_news I imagine this will be another brick in the wall of "how unis are doing students wrong", even if that's not HEPI's original intention

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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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