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Alexander @37paday
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@NickBoles with all due respect this is what GOV should have worked up before triggering article 50 and asked Parliament to support as a pragmatic compromise.

But no. And now the PM champions ending FOM - FOM would need to be (and should be) a key part of your plan.
But GOV refused to build consensus, stoked division with its “citizen of nowhere”, “bargaining chip”, “queue jumper” rhetoric, lies about the cost of Brexit and ignores breaches of electoral law
I think we should remain in the EU but would have accepted your proposal if that had been on the table from 24 June 2016. A pragmatic compromise.

Indeed your plan should have been the minimum baseline for the UK

I welcome your efforts to find a solution but...
What certainty do you have that EFTA would agree this and the UK won’t be a bull in a china shop if let into EFTA?
Because if your plan is rejected before we leave the EU we effectively leave without any certainty - which makes your plan B as “good” as plan A by the PM
And how will you unite Parliament over FOM? If you can do that we may as well remain in the EU
@NickBoles you need to start championing FOM.

I note your idea of an emergency break. Here, for what it is worth, are some other ideas around FOM:
Replace Directive 2004/38 with a refreshed Regulation (not Directive) updating ECJ case law which ensures consistent application of FOM across the EU.
Review what all other member states do in applying FOM and develop best practise regarding its application. It is a wonderful benefit to us all
Do more to support EU citizens coming to the UK. Government should officially welcome people coming to the UK.
Do more to support areas that have rapid population change - similar to regional development funds (an idea the UK championed and is now a key part of EU policy)
Do more to make the case for FOM.

At a basic level that should mean you encourage the young to take advantage of it.

Why not match this by the EU?

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1/ Thank you Parliament for your handling of Brexit
2/ Thank you for organising an advisory referendum that you made binding and which failed to consider what happens if different parts of the UK voted leave or remain
3/ Thank for ignoring the multiple breaches of electoral law related to the referendum
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1/ @nigel_farage the AG is literally making clear the UK was and remains sovereign
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“The Advocate General emphasises that withdrawal from an international treaty, which is the reverse of a treaty-making power, is by definition a unilateral act of a State party and a manifestation of its sovereignty.”
3/ “Unilateral revocation would also be a manifestation of the sovereignty of the departing Member State, which chooses to reverse its initial decision.”
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1/ Let’s compare the views of the EU and @theresa_may on the Withdrawal Agreement.

Let’s start with @eucopresident
2/ @guyverhofstadt
3/ @peteraltmaier
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Oh dear, what a pathetic attempt to draw attention from your party’s latest clusterfuck pantomime in Parliament!
Your paranoia reminds me of Trump’s obsession with Hillary. Yes, it IS true that some big, very impressive names support Brexit.
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@NickBoles People of enormous experience & intelligence, of whom you are terrified. People who see Brexit for what it is & oppose the car-crash the Tory party is inflicting on this country & its people to appease the usual tired old handful of geriatric Eurosceptics,
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@NickBoles Brextremist bully-boy disaster capitalists out to enrich themselves while screwing this country & the useful Tory party idiots cheering them on.
However, sadly for you, the truth about #FBPE & is much, much worse.
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The major Brexit problem faced by the Conservatives as they gather for conference is they have nothing to show for 2 years of Brexit negotiations - certainly nothing like was promised during the referendum - and are running out of road 1/
The PM is still frantically trying to hang on to the Chequers Plan for the future economic relationship, even though it is quite clear that without amendment in ways that would breach her own red lines it will not be acceptable to the EU 2/
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It’s good that the Government has a common approach to #Brexit; we needed that before triggering Article 50. Now we need a strategy to get the best outcome for our country. That’s the only way to reunify it...
1. We need to #SuspendA50 to give us time to do the job of negotiating a deal properly. For better or worse the EU affects almost every aspect our lives - from our health to our work to the air we breathe. A rushed job will be a bad job - for us & the EU
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In which Chloe Westley lies about Vote Leave having a plan and deliberately pretends that no deal does not mean no deal. London #Brexit luvvies are every bit as contemptible as the worst of the anti-democrat remainers.
2. Vote Leave never had a plan. They could never even agree on whether to use Article 50. Later on in the campaign the VL website published their favoured mode of exit, not using A50 and simply repealing the European Communities Act.
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Before I lose the idea. R76 and wax museum challenge.
I'm thinking Jack as a journalist, challenged to do the "one night in a wax museum" thing. (Since he lost a bet in his journalist company).

His boss wants a segment of his experience or something so Jack takes a vid camera, sleeping bag, notebooks and some necessities
His bet requires him to set up in the 'murderers' section for maximum fear factor and what not. Jack admits he's a little scared cause everything looks so real.

One of the statues is a guy called Gabriel Reyes. The story was that he murdered people around the city.
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These are Jacob Rees-Mogg's 6 Brexit demands.
This thread contains my answers to them.

#FBPE
1. "We should be able to set tariffs."

A. This is nothing but a platitude, and a pre-emptive argument against a customs union, which imposes a common external tariff.
In truth, we trade globally through the EU, and play an important role in deciding what tariffs the EU sets.
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