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“Pro-Leave politicians promised us the world...Brexit would rebuild communities and protect businesses—but it’s clear that was all a farce, that we were misled.”

Here’s looking straight at you ⁦⁦@patel4witham⁩. eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/news/heritage/…
Well worth reminding yourselves of what @patel4witham promised if South Asians voted Leave.

This is from India’s Economic Times before the #EURef economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/internati…
Brexiters stoked nationalist & xenophobic fears as a deliberate strategy for voting Leave.

(Looking at you @michaelgove - Turkey?)

They promised all things to all people.

More Asians, less Poles.

Less Turks, more Asians.

Dividing, driving for those wanting less “other”.
In case you’ve forgotten, here’s @michaelgove on Turkey in June 2016:

bbc.com/news/uk-politi…
Since the #EURef, Brexiters have sown different divisions.

Enemies of the People.
Traitors.
Civil servants.
Remoaners.
Queue jumpers.
Second rate politicians.

They should look at themselves in a mirror on that last one.

Their vanity & arrogance has pushed us to the brink. /
Can someone please bring back the spirit of London 2012?

(Paging Danny Boyle.)
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“This Court is of the view that the mass killings of Sikhs in Delhi and elsewhere in November 1984 were in fact “crimes against humanity”. They will continue to shock the collective conscience of society for a long time to come.”
I haven’t had the chance to read the whole jmnt yet & will post more when I do.

I am privileged to have played a v small role in the work that led up to this milestone #1984 conviction. A day when the day job feels worthwhile.

Thank you @hsphoolka,Jagdish Kaur & so many others.
For those interested, I recommend reading @PavSingh84 #1984 India’s Guily Secret. A meticulously researched book laying out what happened, how it’s been carefully hidden away & why justice is late, but not denied. #SajjanConvicted #1984SikhGenocide

And why these weren’t “riots”.
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“Impassive Aggressive”.

If that’s a thing, I think it is a fitting description of Theresa May.

Some thoughts on why, for all the spectacle of being a lone figure battling on all sides, May does not deserve a nation’s sympathy. /1
All throughout this process, and Brexit is very a much a process (to which I will return), there have been a series of choices. At each turn, May has made very poor choices.

It is those choices which have led us to the precipice on which we sit as a nation today. /2
Of those choices, to my mind, it is the failure of transparency which has had the most serious ramifications.

Indeed, it can’t even be described as a failure of transparency.

It was a conscious choice in May’s part to keep reality cloaked in darkness during her premiership. /3
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On a night of political turmoil, it’s such a delight to switch off Brexit and celebrate the work of ⁦@BarHumanRights⁩ and wave farewell to our wonderful Chair ⁦@Kirsty_Brimelow⁩, in conversation with the marvellous Baroness Helena Kennedy QC. #ThankYouKirsty
Lovely words of encouragement and thanks from @Kirsty_Brimelow on behalf of @BarHumanRights to our many partners in the room, to our hardworking Drafting Committee and to our student members, future human rights lawyers to keep checking a cycle of backsliding in #humanrights.
International trial observations, which @BarHumanRights specialise in conducting, throw a spotlight on specific #humanrights issues. @Kirsty_Brimelow talks about our work in Turkey this year, and her own trial observation in Bahrain, & Colombia.
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1) why is Corbyn Pro #Brexit?
Old blog laying out a rationale on why he is so hostile to a #PeoplesVote

Corbyn's position has little to do with Leave voting seats or respecting the referendum

It's all about his Bennite past & "the commanding heights"

musealoudblog.wordpress.com/2017/06/27/why…
2) here's lots of talk around how Corbyn could implement the Labour manifesto within the EU however this is missing the point IMHO. The manifesto is at best Corbyn-lite, he actually wants far more wide-ranging 1940s type nationalisation

This is what a "jobs first" #Brexit means
3) it's all there in Corbyn's past (at least if you can find it, a number of Corbyn anti EU articles appear to have been deleted)

Corbyn still believes in Nuclear disarmament, in a United Ireland and in a protectionist Seige Economy, one more reason for ending FoM
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1) the #Brexit 2nd ref, a possible solution to the options

As momentum builds for a #PeoplesVote there's some concern that the Leave side will pull the same tricks they pulled first time around

What if we could ensure fair, or at least fairer, play by all sides?
Here's 1 option
2) there's 2 distinct characteristics of the Leave campaign, 1 of which was arguably unique.

The first was that the offer from Vote Leave was fluid & vague. It would move from "we'll stay in the SM" to "we'll get access" to "the SM doesn't matter" and back
3) the second characteristic was even more unusual. The Vote Leave campaign, perhaps for the first time in UK history, made promises & took positions based on what a 3rd party, outside the UK, would do

Essentially Leave made promises concerning the EU they had no control over
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I never thought I would say this but I am utterly ashamed to be British today. People here in Europe are shocked at how stupid and naive British politicians are at fucking up #brexit . They put their own greed and ambition ahead of the national interest...
...when they should be focusing on delivering a #Brexit deal. Theresa May was handed a poisoned chalice by David Cameron and she has done an extremely difficult job really well. Now arseholes like @BorisJohnson and @Jacob_Rees_Mogg are acting like....
Brutus, gleefully sticking the knife in. They insist a new leader will "get a better deal" when Europe has made it plain there will be NO new deal under any circumstances. The "rebels" are living in their own delusional fantasy and it is...
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1. The Leave Alliance is the only campaign to have produced a workable comprehensive plan. Our recommendation is to leave via the EEA. This is not because we are soft brexiteers.

#Brexit thread.
2. We took the view that a vision without a plan is just a pipe dream. In beginning the analysis we first had to ask of the vision was achievable and relevant. That's where we first hit problems. The classic eurosceptic free trade mantra hasn't kept up with the times.
3. This is largely because free trade does not exist and has not existed for some time. A free trade deal is not free trade. It is regulated trade - and we find that in the era of globalisation the driver of intergovernment trade talks is regulatory harmonisation.
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Once again the @frontlineclub is packed with journalists, @Byline_Media folk, and TV cameras for the latest revelations in the Cambridge Analytica / Trump / Brexit saga from two whistleblowers.

Follow this thread for live-tweeting coverage, and forgive my typos...
... first thing to note is that security has been increased a level or two since last week’s gathering. Two checkpoints against the guest list, and a minder scanning the room.

We’re about to kick off...
... the focus of attention tonight is Shahmir Sanni, joined again by @chrisinsilico who was the focus last week. @carolecadwalla will be joining later when she’s filed at the @guardian
Chris is carrying a large ring binder of documents...
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Ok, so @Telegraph covering report that says BBC privileged pro-EU voices ahead of general election telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/10/2…
Piques my interest as @risj_oxford found v heavy pro-Leave biase in UK reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/our-research/u… so tried to find Telegraph report
Was compiled by group called News-watch news-watch.co.uk Given Tele covering it assumed was a normal, neutral research company
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