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No expertise, no authority, no tolerance of criticism, and no idea what they're doing: How Liam Fox's trade remedies operation fell into disarray politics.co.uk/blogs/2019/07/…
Yeah that's right, kids.Trade remedies. My headlines bring all the traffic to the yard.
Anyway, they're actually kinda fascinating because apparently I am broken as a person and I like trade nerdery now. This piece explains how we handle dumping and subsidies, and why it's all going arse-up.
SPOILER: It's because faith in Brexit was valued more than sober analysis.
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Quite taken aback by how moving Stan & Ollie was.
You see romantic relationships on screen, family relationships and some friendships. You hardly ever see anything about working relationships, even though those are the one we spend most of our days engaged in.
Only other example I can think of is The Damned United, which knocked me out in pretty much the same way.
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First blood: Parliament blocks Boris Johnson's plan to sideline it politics.co.uk/blogs/2019/07/…
Three important things accomplished today.
1) Effectively blocking off prorogation as a no-deal tactic.
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Debate starts on MPs attempt to prevent Johnson proroguing parliament. Follow here parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/32…
Not going to comment on this live - neck deep in work - but will report votes.
The basics are that if PM Johnson tries to prorogue parliament, the amendment would allow the House to sit to debate motions. Blocks off his strategy to try and cancel parliament, gives MPs a mechanism to stop no-deal.
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Brexit no-deal plan in disarray

“Dumping is when a product is sold more cheaply in another country than where it is made, in a bid to wipe out the competition and establish a monopoly.”

As for subsidies.. politics.co.uk/blogs/2019/07/…
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“Subsidies are when the state funnels cash into an industry to allow it to outperform its competitors. They both highlight a risk of global free trade: sometimes other countries don't fight fair.”
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Lots of chat already today about the extension of the Article 50 period. Let me add to that, by trying to set out what is at stake. Thread. 1/
As things stand, the extension, subject to a review later this month, ends on October 31. The UK leaves with or without the WA on that date, unless it chooses to revoke A50 before that. 2/
In relation to the June review, I can't better this from @FabianZuleeg. 3/
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Ben Kelly
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Support for ‘no deal’ Brexit is the pinnacle of Leave's descent into zealotry. The end result of refusing to plan

Like Trump, 'no deal' advocates have flooded the debate with “alternative facts”
It won't end well

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The increased support for a ‘no deal’ Brexit is the ultimate failure of the Leave movement. It’s the inevitable consequence of the refusal to grasp details, come to terms with complexity & coalesce around a plan. Compromise can be frustrating. So instead they will have a tantrum.
Some Brexiteers advocated sensible solutions. The EFTA/EEA solution gained a lot of traction in the years before the ref. Even Farage had promoted it & countless others. See Farage below from 2011 essentially making the ‘Liberal Leave’ case!
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Hard brexiteers don't care there is no majority in parlaiment for 'no deal'. They don't care that there is no majority in the country for 'no deal'. Nonetheless, they are ideologically committed to it and will pursue that aim relentlessly now. They can't be appeased.
Lost plenty of Brexiteer followers for my criticism of the 'no deal' or 'WTO option', but it isn't a recent development. I've been warning that this would be a terrible scenario since before the ref. The research I based these stark warnings on was unequivocal about it.
Post-referendum there has been an increase in the prominence in trade experts & legal experts, who have also warned about the consequences of 'no deal', and their expertise has seeped into the writings of some very good political commentators. The facts are out there.
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It's still strange to reflect on the near total death of the decades old Eurosceptic belief that though the "political union" was bad, the "common market" was good. Now the idea of the Single Market & regulatroy harmonisation is a betrayal apparently. reaction.life/arch-brexiteer…
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Owen Paterson supporting the EEA option - IN 2015!! The year before the referendum for God's sake.
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Ben Kelly
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This article is stupid and ignorant to an unforgivable degree brexitcentral.com/no-deal-brexit…
A transition is sensible on its own terms, but we have agreed to this because of the lack of viable solutions we have so far offered. Certainly none have come from the parliament Leavers who, in rejecting the EEA & demanding regulatory divergence, have compounded the problem
Perhaps we could try bombing Dresden again or launching D-day 2 to force their hand? Otherwise, this comment is a total irrelevance. We would of course have facilitated the whole process if there had been anything like a plan, or willingness to accept a pragmatic compromise
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