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194,300 Brexit Job Losses 🇬🇧 @MrHickmott
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Have you noticed all those "I'm so excited about stopping free movement and helping the rich that I've joined the Tories!" tweets?

Or all those "I'm so inspired by the prospect of a jobs-first me-too Brexit that I've joined the Labour Party!" tweets?

On the other hand...
How many tweets like this are you seeing every day?
In my view it's not the messenger, it's the message - a message of hope in a voice of clear reason. No one wakes up in the morning and says "you know, I think I'll become a Lib Dem". But when everyone else is doubling down on bullshit, it could be the way to go.
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It's not just Rolls Royce... Here's what we can conclude (short #thread):

theguardian.com/business/2018/…
1. Although no manufacturing jobs are being moved, the EU's aviation body will take the place of the CAA. Clearly this is a work transfer.

2. UK aviation companies are showing they lack confidence in the UK government to provide safeguards.

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3. There is turbulence ahead as aerospace manufacturers weigh where to invest. They operate closely integrated supply chains, so expect them to move as one body.

4. Much depends what Rolls, Bombardier and Airbus do. They will take tens of thousands of jobs with them if they go.
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Some ideas for future referendums:

> A pay rise for everyone

> Bring back hanging

> Free beer for Brits

> Chips in real newspaper

> Scrap income tax

> Elect doctors and teachers

Can anyone spot the problem with referendums?
Let's have a referendum to have more old music in the charts. Everyone knows that old music is better, so kids should be grateful in time.
Or, to take a darker turn, a referendum to confiscate the property of some unpopular minority group and use it to reduce the taxes on the rest of us?

Wouldn't that be democratic?

You see, there are good reasons why referendums are not a central feature of our constitution.
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Things we'll say #afterBrexit...
Remember when the pound was worth more than the dollar? #afterBrexit
Yes, we're going to Skegness again. #afterBrexit
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A lot has been said on May's queue jumper comments and her non-apology, but one thing has not been looked at in detail, to my knowledge, namely how the UK government's stubborn refusal to understand or correctly represent freedom of movement infantilizes British citizens 1/
Freedom of movement is a reciprocal right that British citizens also enjoy, and that many have used to work, study, retire in the EU. It is not a special privilege EU citizens enjoy to jump any sort of queue (a queue I might add that May and her ilk have installed & tightened) 2/
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#quote "Leaving the EU on WTO terms: pulling down the barriers to world trade
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I've been struck by this article on how lack of EU carers forcing women to care for elderly people after #Brexit is a feature, not a bug of Brexit.
Brexit is the project on putting people in their place. 1/

newstatesman.com/politics/femin…
First and foremost, Brexit is the project of putting EU citizens who come here in their place.
How dare you come here taking jobs without having to jump through our visa hoops?
How dare you come here on equal terms with British workers? 2/
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Free movement of EU citz & their families has been *most* important barrier to serous social & economic harm that immigration controllers can do. Thread 1/
First: some basic background points.

Every known state immigration policy discriminates on grounds of nationality. States use visas / entry rules as part of intra-state deals & trade.

UK has *always* done this. 2/
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#Jobs #Facts
🔹In January 2018 a Nasscom report documented creation of jobs in four core sectors: automotive, IT-BPM, retail & textiles.
🔹Between 2014 & 2017 a total of 1.4 crore new jobs created in these 4 sectors alone,with nearly 65 lakh new jobs in just the retail sector.
🔹KPMG: travel & tourism sector is growing at 16% pa and adding 30-40 lakh new jobs every year.
🔹Naukri Job Speak Index, which tracks overall job listing market, is registering 10-16% growth YOY every month validating strong job creation in the organised private sector.
🔹The public sector too has matched the private sector in job creation fuelled by the massive impetus to infrastructure creation.
🔹Between 2011-14, 12,005 km of roads constructed; in 2014-17, the number up by 50% to 18,702 km.
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