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Nick Boles, ex Tory minister:

“You can reasonably (ask) a very painful question, wouldn’t it have been better for Britain if we hadn’t won the 2015 election and hadn’t had a referendum? I rather hate thinking about that, because I don’t know the answer.”
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The UK’s chief advisory body on climate change to recommend the government legislates to slash greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050, which would make the UK the largest economy with a binding zero emissions target. ft.com/content/dc846c… via @financialtimes
some curiosities in the advice, though: we're told the CCC will argue that Scotland should aim for net zero by 2045 (it has potential to plant more forest) while Wales should aim for 95% emission reductions by 2050 because of its sheep-farming industry. By me and @OilSheppard
here's @gideonrachman today on human progress vs ecological carnage:

"I am afraid that Sir David (Attenborough) is right to fear that these technological breakthroughs will come too late to prevent tragic damage to the natural world."

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Siri give me a visual metaphor for Brexit
although tbf the dude ultimately got it over the line
here’s today’s cartoon by @Adamstoon1 in the Evening Standard
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some of you may remember the £33m payment by the Department for Transport to Eurotunnel to settle claims it had been unfairly excluded from plans to keep cross-channel routes open in the event of a no-deal Brexit
Eurotunnel was angry that the government had ignored it when it promised payments of £89m to two operators, Brittany Ferries and DFDS (and at one point £14m for Seabourne Freight) to lay on alternative ferry services to prevent congestion at the main Dover-Calais artery
Now we have a new twist:

P&O Ferries has begun legal proceedings vs DFT after being excluded from no-deal Brexit preparations.

“If left unchallenged (the £33m) would put our services at a competitive disadvantage...we have initiated legal proceedings.”

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