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Roland Smith
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Jeremy Hunt isn't now spurning No Deal because it's bad. He's spurning it because he calculates the attempt to deliver No Deal would actually deliver a Corbyn govt. telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/… via @Telegraph
So what's his solution? To negotiate a different deal with the EU, with technology solving the Irish border.

Why did no one think of that before...?
Border Technology and 'Alternative Arrangements' seem destined to come up again. The transit proposals of ERG favourite Hans Maessen will be behind them. Here is a critique.
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Roland Smith
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"One of the best-informed journalists around"..?
Here is "one of the best-informed journalists around" on how Brexit would work....
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Hearing the Esther McVey story reminded me of Dr Donald Trefusis (aka Stephen Fry) talking about "Parent Power"...
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Roland Smith
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I'm finally catching up with the EP elections and think this is the most striking tweet I've seen so far.

So after all the noise and fury, turnout looks barely changed since 2014.
There were local variations of course but no district hit 50%, as far as I can tell. telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/…
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