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Did you know that Nigel Farage’s Leave. EU formally signed up to a detailed exit plan, which would take two decades, involve single market membership and a confirmatory referendum on the deal?

Here is my piece with full details of that plan for @IanDunt.

politics.co.uk/comment-analys…
I’m sure Farage would quite like to keep this quiet, so whatever you do, don’t share it, ok?
Oh, you are very naughty.
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Alex Andreou
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Good on @KayBurley for exposing Conservative Party chairman @JamesCleverly for pulling out of her programme in a panic, and asking every single question she was going to ask him, while the camera shows an empty chair and he cowers, apparently, fifteen feet away. Classic Dom.
@KayBurley @JamesCleverly To all (including "Guido"), excitedly pointing out @JamesCleverly was on @talkRADIO when @KayBurley empty-chaired him, he wasn't. According to their tweet he was "coming up next" half an hour AFTER Burley and was doing it down the line from Millbank, where Burley broadcasts from.
It really isn’t difficult. The tweet promoting Cleverly “next” has a time stamp. Sky Live on YouTube has a time stamp. If you don’t get it, you don’t want to.
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Alex Andreou
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A short thread on perceived impartiality as opposed to actual balance. It concerns the obsessive questioning of Labour and LibDem figures on the issue of what other parties they would or would not do a deal with, in case of the election returning a hung Parliament. 1/
Let me make it clear: I am not picking on @EvanHD. I am appreciative of his work. He just happens to be the latest in a long line of journalists to pursue this line of questioning on @BBCPM today. This is, of course, an absolutely legitimate issue to raise with any politician. 2/
HOWEVER, when was the last time those same journalists raised the issue of whom you would accept as a coalition partner, with similar vigour, persistence or frequency, when interviewing Tory politicians? It just does not happen. So ask yourself, @EvanHD, if not, why not? 3/
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Alex Andreou
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You’re about to sign a job contract. You were in two minds about the job in the first place (let’s call it 52-48), because this particular employer has a terrible reputation, historically, for lying and fucking over employees. 1/
But they have promised you AMAZING money and benefits. On the day you’re meant to give notice to your old job, THAT YOU LIKE A LOT, you notice that in the latest draft contract the phrase “your salary will be” was crossed out and “we hope to be able to pay you” substituted. /2
When you question this, the employer says something incomprehensible about “getting this done” and “no more dither and delay” and presses you to sign. You ask whether you can seek legal advice. The employer gets very offended and questions whether you want the job at all. 3/
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Edwin Hayward ('Slaying Brexit Unicorns' author)
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In January 2016, Nigel Farage and Leave.EU created a detailed 420-page plan for leaving the EU in a managed decades-long process (It didn't survive long). To date, it is still the only comprehensive plan ever authored by the Leave faction...
politics.co.uk/comment-analys…
Of course, what happened was the different Leave factions found the plan too constrictive, because it stood in their way of being able to promise all things to all people. Dominic Cummings even lauded the lack of plans as a Leave strength in a blog post before the referendum.
Here's how I covered the lack of plans in the various Leave camps going into the referendum in my recent book, "Slaying Brexit Unicorns" 🦄🗡️ (Available from Amazon on Kindle and in paperback.)
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Karol Cummins
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Offshore secrets of Brexit backer Arron Banks revealed in Panama Papers
The British Virgin Islands and Gibraltar emerge as key locations in the affairs of Arron Banks, who spent £7.5m funding Nigel Farage’s Leave.EU campaign group ahead of the Brexit referendum on 23 June.
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PRI Holdings is based in the British Virgin Islands (BVI), a UK offshore territory & int’l tax haven.
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Chris #OpenSelection #GeneralStrike #JC4PM
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Nigel Farage is a racist climate change denier who hides his tax dealings, supports authoritarian leaders across the globe and associates with known conspiracy theorists.

But do take my word for it. THREAD.
So, just to preface this. I won't be talking much about Brexit here. The reason being - it's been done. To death. And to the detriment of debate about how dangerous Farage actually is, and what he actually believes. We'll touch on it, but it ain't front row centre.
It's hard to know where to start with Farage, frankly. After doing the research that I have on him, it's stunning to think that he's the favourite for the European Elections. Sorry, stunning? I meant horrifying. But let's start with the young Farage, and work our way from there.
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Sydney Nash
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Don’t know which Europeans Mr. Hannan is speaking to but I haven’t met anyone in Brussels or in EU capitals who is unhappy with the Commission approach & I’ve spoken to a lot of them. #Brexit
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The EU have been clear from the start that there are many trade models available to the UK & the UK have ruled most of them out. If it feels like the UK has little room for manoeuvre it is because the government painted itself into a corner. #Brexit
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Henrik Enderlein
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1/ Thread: Here are my 12 thoughts on #Brexit. We are at half-time in Art50 process. Departure UK from EU now exactly 12m away. Right moment to take stock and list a few backward- and forward-looking thoughts. (You can also read the full blog-post here: delorsinstitut.de/en/all-publica…)
#1: When the UK voted leave, many said the EU would be weakened. Today it is clear that the contrary is true: it’s the UK not the EU that has been weakened by Brexit.
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