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Our @josephmdurso is leaked GE leaflets that implicitly acknowledge Cons fighting a General Election with Brexit not having been “done” - Thread:
From last week, perhaps they are draft. Also - there is a distinct lack of PM Johnson on them... bbc.com/news/world-eur…
13.9.19: “We will come out of the EU on October 31st”
15.10.19: “We’re preparing to leave on 31 October”

The official subtitled meaning of the PM’s “Leave Oct 31st” hashtag does appear to have evolved somewhat...
That second one is a quote from Queen’s speech - see threads passim...
... we have seen such linguistic evolutions in a previous period of 2019 - February/ early March...
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Faisal Islam
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Confusing 24 hours trying to establish
- whether there will be checks or other frictions for GB-NI & NI-GB trade
- what checks
- who will be doing these checks
- where
- how they could change

contradictory answers from ministers and officials in different departments... THREAD
At HA Committee, Border Force DG asked re West-East checks ie NI-GB said: “minimum amount of electronic information on movements from West to east, yet to be worked out in detail with EC, it needs to be worked out in Joint Committee process as to who will do those checks”
.. but then he goes on to say “Not necessarily checks from west to east. Unfettered access for goods moving from NI. And from east to west, in order to protect regulatory zone within Ireland, then there will be declarations that have to be made.” /3

parliamentlive.tv/event/index/2f…
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Faisal Islam
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"There will be no checks between Northern Ireland and GB" says the PM to Corbyn - but he knows there will, for the first time be Export Summary Declarations, required under EU law, as a result of the new deal.
also, have I been saying "visceral" incorrectly my whole life?
PM said rather too candidly "The Scottish Parliament has no role in approving this deal" - errr, his WA Bill's own explanatory notes list 17 instances where legislative consent motion required (last column, Yes)
publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill…
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Faisal Islam
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If PM wants an election, then surely the quickest way would be to encourage Tusk’s acceptance of the letter sent in his name on Saturday night, which would also be easier for EU27 to confirm very quickly, if it was confirmed an election was coming?
PM’s words after vote were curious:

- 1. Ramp up No Deal preps because the possibility of No Deal in EUs hands.
- 2. But tell EU “Our policy remains we should not delay and leave on 31 OCt, thats what I will say to EU”
- 3. But we will leave EU with this deal “one way or other”
Point 1. & 2 aren’t really consistent. By telling the EU that he doesnt want to delay and keep Oct 31st, he is at this stage increasing the chance of No Deal, by increasing the chances of what he warned about - the EU rejecting the already requested extension ...
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Peter Foster
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So @BorisJohnson says the backstop must go and he won’t bring @theresa_may deal back to Parliament.

Is that still possible? Maybe. At least nominally. I set out here what has to happen at breakneck speed. /1

telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/…
As @tnewtondunn reported there’s now several cabinet ministers that want a deal. That includes some big beasts am told. Gove and Javid - though don’t know who the three he referenced were.

BUT, as always, Q is what deal? /2
Understand that Frost been given leeway to go further on SPS and industrial goods, but that’s still piecemeal ‘slice n dice’ backstop. Won’t fly. Need to tackle customs. /3
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Hilary Times. I'm a Joiner. We all are.
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#brexit
#BrexitVote
#fbpe
#NoDeal4TerroristRegime

Let's be clear
1. Magna Carta breaks if 2016 includes No Deal

2. The tories need a General Election because No Deal is unlawful.

No Deal is "Bullocks"

You should all understand this. Only 7 tweets are needed
Magna Carta clause 12.
The limitation of the divine right of kings, or these days dictators & prevention of tyranny

The barons basically said to the king that, "you rule us because we say you do".

This in turn became the Consent of the Governed, the basis of our Democracy
Consent is not open-ended, it cannot be given through omission, not can it be invented after the event, not can it be extrapolated from decisions which were not an option at the time.

Any of these factors would undermine the point of the clause, to limit divine arbitrary rule
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katya adler
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EU trying to digest this morning what exactly last night means for negotiations. Le Monde article below starts with words: « Another crazy day in Brexitland » /1
EU mood the morning after the night before is bittersweet. EU leaders glad to see rejection in parliament of no deal (+ there’s thinly-veiled Schadenfreude about Johnson’s defeat. The man who EU heard saying you just need more oomph and positive thinking to make a deal..)BUT /2
EU repeats what said last time parliament voted against no deal: the only way to ban no deal is to make a deal with EU or cancel #Brexit otherwise no deal happens by default /3
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Glory Osei
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1. I had two experiences last week that reminds me of how much your life changes when you have money. That’s why the rich people keep getting richer. Everybody wants to give rich people things and opportunities. It also helps if you are reliable and trustworthy #Thread
2. Last week Monday I spoke to my Chinese agent about an idea I have but told her I won’t be pursuing it this year because it’s capital intensive. By Wednesday she reached out and told me she came up with a way to start with any significant capital.
3. She basically used her connections to negotiate a credit line worth millions for me using her company in China as the guarantor. This gesture is not a big deal but it’s also a big deal. It’s not a big deal because the project would have happened with or without her.
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Nick Vucic
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Brexit, but in gifs.

#Brexit
The Leave Campaign prior to the referendum:
The Remain Campaign prior to the referendum:
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Jon Worth
@jonworth
1/ I'm slowly getting back into #Brexit stuff after time off in the last week or so.

I'm starting with David Davis's Telegraph piece from a couple of days ago: telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/01/0…

A quick thread about it.
2/ The title is interesting - it is: "How we will deliver the best Brexit in 2018". Davis's piece does not come close to answering that. The piece would more accurately be entitled "What I think the best Brexit looks like in 2018 (without asking the EU what they'd accept)"
3/ There's a bit of nerdy stuff at the start. I quote: "Donald Tusk has approved an immediate start to initial discussions on the future relationship (...) talks about the implementation period begin early in the New Year" I assume he means "Transition Period"?
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