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Wow. Just how big is the expectation gap? And will @BorisJohnson do anything to stop it running out of control, as it did for @theresa_may or David Cameron?
We start with ERG MP Mark Francois in this morning's independent. /1
brexitcentral.com/theresa-mays-d…
We start with ERG MP Mark Francois in this morning's independent. /1
brexitcentral.com/theresa-mays-d…
@BorisJohnson @theresa_may Withholding the Brexit bill?
Leaving without a deal on WTO terms?
Going straight to negotiating an FTA in a 'no deal' world?
Extolling the virtues of @SteveBakerHW Clean Break Brexit manifest - which I fisk here. /2
Leaving without a deal on WTO terms?
Going straight to negotiating an FTA in a 'no deal' world?
Extolling the virtues of @SteveBakerHW Clean Break Brexit manifest - which I fisk here. /2
I always assume - as I said in that thread - that these people know this isn't serious.
It's "trolling", nothing more. And they just want a 'no deal'. /3
It's "trolling", nothing more. And they just want a 'no deal'. /3
In recent days and weeks - to some guffawing and skepticism - I have tried to sketch out what a middle road might look like.
Always acknowledging that the path is narrow/unlikely. And dependent on commanding a majority.
But who are we kidding? /4
telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/…
Always acknowledging that the path is narrow/unlikely. And dependent on commanding a majority.
But who are we kidding? /4
telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/…
As it happens, today Ivan Rogers fired off another one of his cheery broadsides, trying to inject a dose of reality into Brexiteer thinking....let's see what old "Sir Glumbucket" (as Brexitworld thinks of him) has to say about that FTA /5
telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/…
telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/…
It isn't going to happen...I mean why would it? Would we do that? /6
What about that 'transition' period on WTO-rules.... /7
I mean, the fact that Brexiteer @LiamFox is trying to roll over all those EU FTAs into stand-still equivalents rather gives the game away? That they might be worth something?
It really is puerile tosh. But will @BorisJohnson be in any position to stop ERG setting the bar? /8
It really is puerile tosh. But will @BorisJohnson be in any position to stop ERG setting the bar? /8
@LiamFox @BorisJohnson And what of that Canada Plus FTA that the ERG wants? How is that going to serve the UK's economy? Canada is an ocean away from the EU, not linked to it by a f*&%ing railway line.
No, Canada-plus doesn't exist, when you get down to it....we'll need something much deeper. /9
No, Canada-plus doesn't exist, when you get down to it....we'll need something much deeper. /9
@LiamFox @BorisJohnson And yes, that will mean more legal oversight by European that the Brexit purists will ever countenance - lets hope 'freedom' puts food on the table, eh?
As Rogers points out, look at Switzerland and the deal they've just done with the EU. The UK will be the same/10
As Rogers points out, look at Switzerland and the deal they've just done with the EU. The UK will be the same/10
@LiamFox @BorisJohnson Apparently this stuff is all too complicated for the telly, but you wonder if any of the candidates on tonight's BBC debate will be challenged on the real-world impacts of these policies?
Can @maitlis bring them down to earth? #BBCOurNextPM /11
Can @maitlis bring them down to earth? #BBCOurNextPM /11
@LiamFox @BorisJohnson @maitlis They will be watching in Europe, jaws dropping I imagine at the mismatch in expectations between where the candidates are - and what is negotiable in Brussels.
I've written that the EU can't just put more lipstick on the pig, maybe in the end they need to move? /12
I've written that the EU can't just put more lipstick on the pig, maybe in the end they need to move? /12
@LiamFox @BorisJohnson @maitlis But to do that, a new PM has to get them into the deal space...not head for outer space. ENDS /13
