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This brilliant put-down by @piris_jc was not only amusing, brutal, and correct...

...but made me get around to writing a blog post I've been meaning to write for ages.
Twitter may have its problems as a social network, and its fair share of detractors, but as a means to understand what is going on with #Brexit there is nothing like it.

But I am followed by the guy who wrote part of the Treaty of Lisbon! If you're an 🇪🇺 nerd, isn't that 😎?
Here is the blog post:
jonworth.eu/in-praise-of-t…

It's part thank you to those I have learned from in the past couple of years, and then also a kind of who-to-follow.
No post like this can ever be complete, but there is some method here. My emphasis is on people who interact on Twitter. People to whom you can pose questions and they will reply, share their expertise, and be helpful.

I'll cite all of them in this thread.
Lawyers, UK side
@davidallengreen
@carlgardner
@JMPSimor
@GeorgePeretzQC
@rowena_kay
@JolyonMaugham

Lawyers EU/international
@StevePeers
@Cardwell_PJ
@Ortino_Federico
@syrpis
@AlessandraAster
@ProfJeffKenner
@hhesterm
@Lorand_Bartels
@piris_jc
On migration
@ColinYeo1
@SimonFRCox

Political academics
@usherwood
@chris_huggins
@NickWrightYAPJ
@robfordmancs
@ProfTimBale
@anandMenon1

Think tankers
@NvOndarza
@AgataGostynska
Ireland and Brexit
@BrigidLaffan
@hayward_katy
@DPhinnemore
@JohnOBrennan2
@KeohaneDan

Scotland
@KirstyS_Hughes

Journalists Brussels
@nick_gutteridge
@alexebarker
@joncstone
@JamesCrisp6
@JenniferMerode
Journalists London
@pmdfoster
@TomMcTague
@mattholehouse

UK Parliament nerds
@Brigid_Fowler
@DrHannahWhite

Trade nerds
@CoppetainPU
@SamuelMarcLowe
@DmitryOpines
@DavidHenigUK
@Bengoa_Marta

Brussels nerds
@GuitarMoog
@nwbrux
@ottocrat
Commentators
@chrisgreybrexit
@Sime0nStylites
@NinaDSchick
@IanDunt
@jonlis1
@EmporersNewC

Must follow, even though replies are few and far between
@WeyandSabine
@MichelBarnier
@tconnellyRTE
@fotoole
@tnewtondunn
@ShippersUnbound
@faisalislam
So thanks to all of you. I look forward to learning more from all of you in 2019!

And everyone cited here is on this public Twitter list: twitter.com/jonworth/lists…

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Before this week's #Brexit shenanigans, I said this:

"With May as Prime Minister there can be no Brexit deal"

I stand by that statement

I see no way that the #EUCO - ongoing as I write this thread - can give May anything that'll appease the Brexit hard liners in her party

🇪🇺 is not going to make the backstop time limited or allow 🇬🇧 to unilaterally withdraw it. So the deal on the table is essentially unchanged
The Tories reaching across the political divide to Labour still looks like a ridiculously long shot as well:
theguardian.com/politics/2018/…
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In less than a fortnight the Commons is likely to reject May's Brexit in the Meaningful Vote.

When it does, the #PeoplesVote (a 2nd referendum) could yet be an appealing way forward.

#Brexit
I'm not much of a fan of referendums, but I see no way to stop #Brexit without a further vote. There are numerous practical barriers to holding a further vote, all of them surmountable.

BUT the main question is this:
*** How could such a vote result in a REMAIN vote? ***
I've sketched out 6 things that would have to happen were Remain to triumph in this blog post:
jonworth.eu/how-to-make-su…

A summary of the points is in this thread.
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So now we have a Withdrawal Agreement and Political Declaration, what next?

The "Meaningful Vote", scheduled for 11 December.

#Brexit

1/10
It looks highly likely that May's deal will not be approved, first time at least.

I have summed up what might happen after that in this blog post: jonworth.eu/there-is-a-wit…

I sketch out 7 things that could happen - summaries in this thread.

2/10
OPTION 1️⃣
** Just hold the line **

Wait to see what happens. See if markets crash. See if MPs begin to show remorse. And then make them vote again.

Chances: low. A 2nd vote on the same proposition is ridiculous.

3/10
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