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Minority Labour Govt cd struggle to win Commons approval for its radical but controversial plan for free broadband & part nationalisation of BT. Lib Dem sources say party would oppose as throwback to 1970s 1/3
Meanwhile, Sir Ed Davey, Lib Dem deputy leader, confirms our view that party would judge minority Labour admin on vote by vote basis - no coalition or confidence & supply agreement 2/3
Clear sign that despite election attacks on @jeremycorbyn, Lib Dems would keep him in power to secure Brexit referendum 3/3
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Mujtaba Rahman
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So @BorisJohnson has kept his promise to @Nigel_Farage. Manifesto pledge is harder than his original Twitter video aimed at Farage. Says: ”We will not extend the implementation period beyond December 2020.” The black and white of the manifesto does matter more 1/2
Question now is: will Johnson break this manifesto pledge or leave transition with no deal in very likely event that trade agreement is not struck by Dec 2020. He could argue in Parliament that he has a mandate for this if he wins a majority (for which we're at 45%, & rising) 2/3
Our basecase is still a 1yr extension to the transition, that will come at the very last minute next June. But we'll all probably have to go round the no deal circle all over again in the first half of next year 3/3
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Mujtaba Rahman
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Labour manifesto says that if public decide to Remain in its proposed referendum, “this must not mean accepting the status quo.” Calls for “radical reform” and “new political
direction” for EU so it tackles climate emergency, tax evasion, ending austerity & inequality 1/3
Message aimed at Leave-inclined voters & trade union members worried about possible shift towards Remain stance in campaign as Labour tries to squeeze Lib Dems to close gap with Tories 2/3
Labour manifesto says:”Only Labour will deliver a final say referendum.” Privately, senior Labour figures admit they will of course need backing of Lib Dems & SNP in hung parliament 3/3
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We are raising our % of a Tory majority from 40 to 45%. Our other probabilities are: Labour minority Govt (30%); Tory minority Govt (15%) or deadlock (10%). Throwing it forward, to what extent is Johnson’s post-election Brexit strategy being shaped by his campaign? Short thread
Without any real Cabinet discussion, @BorisJohnson has committed himself to a “super Canada plus” FTA with the EU “not based on any kind of political alignment” and promised not to extend the transition period beyond Dec 2020. Are these now hard constraints? 1/
Yes & no. These pledges were designed to persuade @Nigel_Farage to stand down his Brexit Party candidates but were only partially successful. Farage now hopes to land some Labour-held seats so his party holds balance of power in hung parliament to “keep Boris honest” on Brexit 2/
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russjackson
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As @UKLabour announce free #broadband for all - or "#BroadbandCommunism" as Tory government propaganda service the @BBC prefer to call it, here's a short THREAD on privatisation in the UK.
Privatisation has been central to the neoliberal project for decades. The 'market' goes deep into spheres of society previously insulated from business: private firms, their owners & senior managers profit from services that should be provided publicly, on the basis of need.
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Ok. Let’s do this. #ep2019
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Hearing from a source in Wales, voter sampling suggests that Labour, a party which has won every national election in Wales bar one for a century, might well come fourth tonight. #EP2019
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Adam Payne
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Labour MEP John Howarth completely savages the party leadership's approach to the Euro elections in a pretty extraordinary letter to members

"Had Labour's high command set out to lose an election they could not have gone about it in a more convincing way"
7 hours or so until European elections results are expected to start coming in and the mood in Labour is pretty bleak

One Labour MEP says: "I know his [John Howarth's] experience was awful and he is preparing himself for the worst — as am I"
Labour source: “Hearing we came 4th in Brighton. 5th in Norwich. This will be bad.”
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The noises coming out of #Labour on racism towards Jews (let us call it that) are increasingly hollow.
Let's not even talk about the 1000s of oddballs in & around Labour, who rant on about "Zionists", etc like UKIPers talk about "immigrants", but we know where both are pointing.

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