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Phil Syrpis
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Struggling with the Tory leadership race.

Will it be the one who will get the deal through Parliament, the one who will re-negotiate with the EU and 'ditch the backstop', or the one who will lead us to a no deal? 1/
Or will it be the one who will ban abortions after 12 weeks, the one who will bring back national service, or the one whose priority is tax cuts for the richest? 2/
Or will it be the ones who took cocaine, the ones who smoked dope, the one who smoked opium, or the one with the cannabis lassi? 3/3
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Phil Syrpis
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Another frustrated thread. Almost no one, on any side of the Brexit debate is offering a realistic path forward. People, it seems, see some, but not all, of this. A quick thread. 1/
Each of these propositions is, I think, true.

a) The WA will not be approved by a majority of MPs. 2/
b) The EU will not reopen negotiations on the WA (though it will entertain changes to the Political Declaration). 3/
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Phil Syrpis
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Brexiters have always had wildly different visions of Brexit (from 'no deal' through to some sort of EEA-type close relationship with the EU, with all manner of options in between). None of these visions has majority support, in Parliament or in the country. 1/8
There is no obvious path forward. Though there looks now to be majority in the country in favour of remaining in the EU, there is no majority support in Parliament to stop Brexit. 2/8
MPs are intent on trying to find a Brexit which can be agreed with the EU, and which can command a majority in Parliament. Theresa May tried and failed. Soon, a new PM will try - and will more than likely fail. 3/8
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Phil Syrpis
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A quick thread on one aspect of "Labour's latest attempt to stop a 'no deal' Brexit". In sum - we don't yet know what the plan is, and we probably won't know for a while. There is too much excitement right now, and we need to see what emerges. 1/
If the vote passes today, MPs will take control of Parliamentary business on June 25. And they will be able to adopt legislation relating to the UK's withdrawal from the EU. 2/
As far as I know, there is nothing yet available on what the motion or motions on June 25 might say; still less any sign that those MPs who oppose no deal will be able to coalesce around a single plan which might then command majority support. 3/
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John Rentoul
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JJH - Real_JasonJHunter
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1/4 Alrighty then I'll say it. I think Boris Johnson would be the best person for the UK if he wins the Tory leadership race.

The only problem is whatever he says cannot be trusted because he is a complete LIAR.
2/4 However, IF, and it's a big IF, he is telling the truth about leaving the EU on October 31st with no deal in place with the EU then there will be a vote of no confidence in him as PM and the Government at the time.
3/4 This is likely to be led by Labour and backed by the likes of Ken Clark, Dominic Grieve and other Tories, not to mention the LibDems, the SNP and others too.

Vote of no confidence succeeds, general election ensues.
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Nick Gutteridge
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Brussels is urging Boris to stay away for the first few months of his premiership, until after Tory party conference ending Oct 2. They fear if he arrives in July threatening to tear everything up he'll put relations into an unrecoverable downward spiral. thesun.co.uk/news/9298758/b…
The EU has been watching the leadership race with growing unease at the promises being made by candidates - especially Boris who they've already factored in as the next PM. 'If you look at the race you can’t ignore that the probability of no deal is going up', says one official.
But they don't believe his central promise to leave on Oct 31 deal or no deal, for the simple reason they reckon he doesn't want to risk becoming Britain's shortest-lived PM ever. Instead they're braced for a renegotiation attempt that will almost certainly require another delay.
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Staedtler
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Tory leadership candidates, and what they want.

New Dealers. All of these want to re-open the withdrawal agreement about the Irish border.

Gove
Hancock
Harper (who?)
Hunt
Javid
Johnson
Leadsom
McVey
Raab
The two remaining candidates have got different ideas.

Rory Stewart. His idea is to get Theresa May's deal through parliament. That's the realm of stupid he wants to lead the Tories into.
Now there's only one candidate left with anything new to offer.

Sam Gyimah wants a second referendum.

All the rest you can stick in the bin, the reheaters, redealers and repeat offenders.
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Peter Foster
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So @SteveBakerHW has produced a 10-page 'no deal' manifesto - here's my report with analysis from @jdportes @SamuelMarcLowe @DavidHenigUK @MichaelAodhan

The plan is completely ludicrous - as others have attested - so what's the game? 1/thread

telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/…
@SteveBakerHW @jdportes @SamuelMarcLowe @DavidHenigUK @MichaelAodhan Ludicrous is a strong word, but honestly this is not a 'plan' in a meaningful sense of the word...this paragraph just says it all.

The UK won't renegotiate but will "consider" a unilateral capitulation from the EU /2
@SteveBakerHW @jdportes @SamuelMarcLowe @DavidHenigUK @MichaelAodhan Let's just cross-reference the changes Baker wants with Annex A referred to above?

Shorter: rip up the backstop, bin the bill, create a transition without ECJ oversight etc etc. Basically the FULL MALTHOUSE. On steroids.

This is just trolling. Quite funny. But trolling. /3
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Henry Newman
@HenryNewman
On Tuesday @theresa_may will lose the vote, badly. Then what?

She'll make a statement that night & has 3 sitting days to introduce new motion. There are then 7 days to amend it

Thread on what comes next 👇

Subtitle - Brexit risks being killed by those who claim to ❤️ it most
2/ I don't think that we are close to a majority in favour of a second referendum. Luckily

Jeremy Corbyn remains luke warm & remain-backing Tories such as @NickyMorgan01 @nickherbertmp etc are still opposed

Many Labour MPs are in favour but far from all of them
3/ What about a Permanent Customs Union? This gets closer to Labour's policy (although without the control over trade deals 🦄 bit).

Last year an amendment on a customs union was *just* defeated with some err mistakes over pairing helping the Government.
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