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I couldn't care less how many people voted Tory/what majority the Tories get in the Commons.

Johnson will never be my PM and these Tories will never be my government.

Quite the opposite: if Exit Polls play out, the fight to defend what we care about just got bigger and harder
Johnson set to launch hard right transformation of UK. It's not just Brexit & plans for profound rupture from EU. It's professional dishonesty, Trumpist populism, deregulation, threat to welfare state&human rights, constitutional upheaval, what happens to N Ireland & Scotland...
Conversely: not just EU supporters but all moderates, centrists & leftists need to realise the wideranging dangers posed by Johnson's Tories & coordinate under strong leadership. You can't defend liberal social market democracy when your team spends its energy fighting each other
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Michael Dougan
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Publication of UK negotiating objectives, breaking from its very own word just a few months ago, should tell EU and rest of world one thing: this Government is utterly untrustworthy. I would add - the UK people, but they know it already - and 44% still voted for Jonhson anyway...
Said it before but worth repeating: realpolitik might let Trump lead US like a rogue state. But same realpolitik will punish UK as Johnson tries to mimic his Master. Brexit has already damaged UK standing & influence. Neo-Tories' imperial delusions about sovereignty make it worse
And let's not even mention the automata that pass for MPs - you know, the ones who voted through Johnson's withdrawal package, including the bit that denied parliament any real say over what comes next. "Taking back control". Oi, Tory voters, let me sell you some magic beans...
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Michael Dougan
@mdouganlpool
1st read through EU's negotiating mandate for Commission as adopted today. No particular surprises: essentially follows political declaration + subsequent public statements. Confirmation eg NI border arrangements are permanent (not backstop) & of hardline position on Gibraltar...
& otherwise: from fisheries to level playing field, clear EU will protect its own interests, especially faced with unreliable right wing regime in UK. Though speaking for myself: much rather EU acted as de facto defender of our social rights than be left alone in Tory clutches!
In any case, those with even passing interest in trade/security relations can get clear sense from this mandate of just how radically EU-UK relations are going to change in 2021 - and this EU blueprint is positive and optimistic, compared to what the Tories want / simple no deal.
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Michael Dougan
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For those who enjoy a sneaky preview: here are the draft conclusions from my CMLRev paper, on Johnson's "Great Brexit Deal", specifically the (rather long) section dealing with Protocol on Ireland & Northern Ireland:
1) Good Friday Agreement was meant to bring relative stability to NI – offering time & space for divisions to heal / differences to soften. 2016 referendum = anything but softest of soft Brexits bound to be problem for NI. Let alone hard Brexit now advocated by Johnson Government
2) Protocol is intended to provide credible and durable solution to Irish border problem that protects peace in NI, respects EU customs / regulatory concerns and satisfies UK trade demands. But in fact: Protocol contains considerable economic risks for every relevant party.
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