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27 Nov, 9 tweets, 4 min read
I’m increasingly convinced that #Kent is heading for an open revolt.
Even before #Brexit, there was already discontent about proposed house building in many parts of the country.

kentonline.co.uk/maidstone/news…
Decades of over-priced and unreliable train services have left the county’s 100s of 1000s of commuters in a constant state of expensive and exhausted frustration.
Now COVID-19 threatens county icons like the @hazlitt_theatre in Maidstone…

kentonline.co.uk/maidstone/news…
…and the hard reality of Brexit means that once green fields are being covered in hard grey concrete.

kentonline.co.uk/ashford/news/d…
Common to all of this are decisions over which people feel that they have no say and outcomes that they believe they never asked for.
Even on #Brexit, which Kent overwhelmingly voted for, it is becoming painfully clear to people in #Kent that the reality is nothing like what was promised. And it doesn’t get anywhere near feeling like they have taken back control.
Instead, govt. has purchased swathes of land and started building without prior consultation. The result is that people who wanted to live in the Garden of England will now only see trucks.
lemonde.fr/economie/artic…
There is no hiding the consequences of #Brexit in #Kent, nor will it be possible to hide the growing discontent that this will fuel. Tailbacks, portaloos and concrete fields could soon be followed by a political shockwave in this home county.

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Sydney Nash Profile picture
28 Nov
I have to admit that I am completely bemused by the debate on how Labour should vote on an EU trade deal (assuming we get one), for two reasons.
The first is the politics. Voting against is a trap. It’s a vote against Brexit (at least that’s how the Conservatives will portray it).
It is also a vote for no-deal, which wld go against every position Labour has taken on Brexit since 2016.
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26 Nov
EU getting their fish in a row. Barnier making sure he knows exactly what room for manoeuvre there is. Perhaps a chance to squeeze some for a little more flex. No real signs of the EU walking away, or of the UK not running the clock for a few more days (weeks?).
Or maybe its just a coffee and a catch-up.

Or maybe it actually is something after all.

Seems tomorrow's meeting of ministers responsible for fisheries was scheduled knowing that Barnier would then be getting the Eurostar to London.

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24 Nov
This is absolutely excellent @DavidHenigUK. Perfectly summarises where we are, how we got here, and why a deal, no matter how thin is better than no-deal.

prospectmagazine.co.uk/economics-and-…
Read the whole article, but here are some key quotes, first on the absence of vision. Image
On the uniquely confused and untrusting nature of the negotiation. Image
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13 Nov
Interesting article from @jgforsyth on the geo-political impact of no-deal, but it’s been obvious for quite a while that the UK/EU relationship has been seriously wounded by Brexit & four yrs of insults (both petty & serious) and acrimonious negotiations.
thetimes.co.uk/article/no-dea…
Deal, or no-deal, the UK and the EU are now set up to be economic rivals. The rushed negotiation on the future relationship ensures that there will be numerous loose ends come the end of the yr and disputes are almost inevitable.
At the beginning of the year, Pascal Lamy said that these negotiations would result in a “geopolitical and geoeconomic rivalry…[couched] in nice friendly diplomatic language”. He’s right, although the nice language is often absent.
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11 Nov
Still think it’s worth putting a fiver on UK/EU #trade negotiations going into December.

Why? Four reasons…
1. This government are firm believers in deadlines focusing minds (it’s the journalists in the them).
2. Brexiteers have never stopped believing that the #EU will fold in the face of no-deal.
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11 Nov
This is really good. All eyes are on the EU FTA, but there's a lot to get over the line with third countries around the world just to maintain the status quo. We might get a deal with the EU, and still end up with no-deal with Mexico, Canada, Singapore and others.
To be fair to govt, there has been plenty of focus on continuity deals, but as with all things Brexit, the system has been given too little time, and some things might fall through the gaps.
Some continuity deals have also spent a long time in the "too difficult" pile in DIT. This was definitely the case with Turkey, a crucial market for automotive, food and drink, and textiles.
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