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1/ The Home Secretary has written to his EU counterparts asking for adjustment to a no deal scenario. Story by @lisaocarroll with a comment from me. And here's the text of the letter ->

Sajid Javid warns EU counterparts of joint policing 'disruption'

theguardian.com/politics/2019/…
2/ Page 1. The Home Secretary admits that law enforcement alternatives in the event of no deal Brexit are "less efficient" and need more staff, ie cost more. UK has to change law. So might Member States. In six weeks?
3/ Page 2. Home Secretary: Please use Interpol instead of the Schengen Information System. There's no fall back in place for passenger name record exchange used for anti-terrorist checks.
4/ The Annex, page 1. Sets out the various back ups.
5/ The Annex, page 2. More details of the backups which would replace cooperation on the basis of EU law.
6/ Details from last year's @LordsEUCom enquiry (to which I was a special adviser) on how often UK police check the Schengen Information System, and how the fall back compares. google.com/url?sa=i&sourc…
7/ Background

1 The @LordsEUCom report: publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201719/ld…

2 My blog post on the future relationship in this area: eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2018/02/lions-… //
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1/ Member States' powers to remove nationality are limited by EU law, but not extinguished. The one relevant judgment to date says that Member States can withdraw nationality due to deception, being in the 'public interest': curia.europa.eu/juris/document…
2/ The implication is that other public interest grounds might be possible. The CJEU also said that removal had to be proportionate and subject to judicial review. A second judgment on this issue is due on March 12th: curia.europa.eu/juris/liste.js…
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1/ The UK and Israel have signed a post-Brexit trade continuity agreement. You need to scroll well down the press release to see that the text rolls over the EU/Israel FTA.
Some points. gov.uk/government/new…
2/ As @Annaisaac spotted, the press release points out that a free trade agreement increases trade between the parties. An awkward admission for no deal advocates.
3/ Also, the treaty is not a complete roll over. It only replicates the existing FTA "as far as possible". We don't know the details without seeing the text. It applies also in a no deal scenario.
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Just published: the Commons committee report on disinformation and "fake news" - covering Facebook, Cambridge Analytica and more: publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201719/cm…
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Might be worth retweeting this once a week.

The rest is noise as they say.
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