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So here's a thing. Over the weekend, @TiceRichard, the co-chair of Leave Means Leave, popped up to say that he'd met with "WTO bosses in Geneva" and they were "keen" for the UK and EU to reach an Article 24 deal.
@TiceRichard Article 24 is the latest fantasy the hardline Brexiters are using to pretend no-deal wouldn't be a total disaster. If you don't know what it is, compliment yourself on your life choices.
Trouble is, there's no such thing as "WTO bosses". It's a members-led organisation. There's a director general, but he's v unlikely to say he's "keen" for a course of action like this, because he's not in a position to do so. He would at most say it was possible.
So who did @TiceRichard speak to? Well, I've asked around a bit and it seems that, whoever it was, it wasn't the director general, or anyone in his Cabinet, or any of the deputy director generals.
Perhaps my sources are wrong about this. Maybe Richard really did speak to one of these people and they really did suggest what he claims. If so, he can say so now, I'll check, and then correct the record.
Unfortunately, I've asked Richard to clarify a couple times now, but there's no response.
It's all starting to go a bit (h/t @sarahbeehere)
So @TiceRichard. Richard, Richard, Richard. You said you spoke to the "WTO bosses". Who were they, Richard? And what did they say?
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