Thread by @mafevema

I am so fed up with this repeated Brexiters' lie that "the EU sent Cameron packing" that I did this thread to bookmark for future reference This is what Cameron secured:

https://twitter.com/hirst_west/status/1343872765288468481

1. Sovereignty:
- commitment to exempt Britain from "ever closer union" to be written into the treaties, a very big deal for the EU
-inclusion of a new "red-card" mechanism. If 55% of national parliaments agreed, they could effectively block or veto a commission proposal.

2. Migrants & Welfare
-four-year "emergency brake" on in-work benefits
- child benefit amount linked to the cost of living in the countries where the children live.
-EU migrants are banned from claiming jobseeker's allowance for three months.

-- if they lose job through no fault (redundancy), benefits such as job seekers allowance limited to 6 months
Note: these issues didn't arise from the EU rules but from the way the UK benefits system works

3. Currency & competitiveness
-guarantees Britain will not have to fund € bailouts. This was a claim by Brexiters.
- Measures to further deepen the economic & monetary union, to be voluntary for member states whose currency is not the euro

4. Competitiveness
- committment to reduce "red tape" and the burden of excessive regulation
Ironical when one thinks that Brexit will at least double it!