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Today, I expect @mrjamesob will be getting calls from loonies excited about Mr Johnson's proposals for the UK border in Northern Ireland, conveniently forgetting that the UK has already committed to avoiding a hard border.

Cue the wrangling about what is meant by 'hard border'
@mrjamesob And the answer is: it's a really complicated and sensitive issue that the vast majority of the population simply don't understand. This isn't me being 'elitist expert' here. I was born and raised in N. Ireland, and I find it very complex too.
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@mrjamesob The only thing I *can* tell you with absolute certainty is that Cummings will have already come up with some bu!!sh!t soundbite that completely misrepresents the situation, but will be trending by noon.
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Ciara McMillan
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To the racist liars at @ LeaveEUOfficial:
1. The World Wars were won by the Allies, in which the UK fought alongside their European and American friends, without whom we'd have lost.
2. Germany has won 4 World Cups. England has won 1, in the only final they ever reached.
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A #Brexit thought experiment:

Imagine we have left the EU. Our businesses no longer have to comply with EU regulations. You have a business that makes widgets. Do you:

A) Comply with all other countries’ regs but miss out a step that meets EU regs?

B) Continue to meet EU regs?
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Also note that by complying with the regs of all the other countries you’re selling to, you will already be most of the way toward meeting EU regs anyway.
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#Brexit means that the super-rich get richer and everyone else gets screwed. What did you expect from a policy promoted by hedge funds?

Follow the money.

#Yellowhammer
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Wrong.

The only people who will benefit from #NoDealBrexit are traders betting against the UK Pound.
I suspect that there are whole lot of people thinking "well, I don't work in the car industry, so it won't affect me".

Really?

Do you use electricity?
Petrol?
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Today has demonstrated the cosy insularity of Westminster once again. MPs patting each other on the back for finally finding a way for half to agree with themselves with almost no regard to the other party (the EU) and the most critical component of that party, the Irish.
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An EU source texts: “it’s insane”.
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Theresa Villiers contradicts statements by Ahern, Hayes and Lawson.
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