LORD PURVIS was wondering what a cynical govt wd do if knew it could only get a POOR #BrexitDeal🤔👇

▪leave it to the last minute
▪issue a misleading press statement
▪only allow minute scrutiny
▪seek to prevent post-legislative scrutiny
▪refuse to publish impact assessment
The INDEPENDENT UK Trade Policy Observatory assessment stated:
“Even with the FTA announced on Christmas Eve, Brexit INCREASES UK-EU trade COSTS, REDUCES TRADE btwn them, & requires resources for form-filling, queuing..These in turn, lead to change in consumption which..
REDUCE
UK residents’ welfare.”
It goes on to a sobering conclusion:
“Exports of value added will fall by nearly 5.5% relative to a pre-Brexit scenario & GDP by 4.4%.”
My noble friends Lord Fox and Lady Kramer will outline this in more detail.
The refusal yesterday of the noble Lord, Lord True, to commit to publishing an impact assessment😬in direct contradiction to a letter he sent me in May, is likely to be seen more cynically by those communities and sectors that will be impacted most.😭
#BrexitReality
#BrexitFail
PUNISHING ABSENCE OF SERVICES
Lord Grimstone, appointed Trade Minister from being chair of 1 of UK’s biggest banks, & when he moved Barclays’ European HQ & almost ¤200 BILLION in assets from London to Dublin last year, said
“We believe this will give us a competitive advantage”😱
Those of us WARNING of the damage of this course were told, first, that we were scaremongering & then that we were sore losers, but I looked a Leave.EU website archive & in the Qs & Answers it said this to the Q of what impact leaving the EU would have on trade:
“The remaining EU member states will seek a trade agreement assuring the same level of free exchange of goods, services & capital as is the case today.”
They did not, & this PROMISE WAS MADE IN FALSEHOOD & fully realised in its EGREGIOUS BREACH.😬😭 #BrexitLies #BrexitFail
..the LIES, tangled webs of DECEPTION & parliamentary obfuscations are nearly over

Liberal forebears joined together to ensure..benefit of free, fair & open trade well over a century ago

I never thought we'd need to #Rejoin this fight, but we do—we must, & we will with vigour

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11 Jan
Great speech by @EmilyThornberry in Global Britain Debate!
But OMG!!!
Now #Theresa May speech is ASTONISHING!😲 @carolecadwalla @mrjamesob
Global Britain: It's about more than trade, it's about "shared values, our respect for human dignity, human rights, equality, the #RuleofLaw
freedom, democracy..it's about how we work with others.& maintain rules-based order which protects those values..
Sadly what we saw last wk in US shows us how fragile..democracy can be when it is under pressure from #populism & #nationalism fuelled by messages disseminated on SM!
At current pt for UK post Brexit dealing with Covid, yet to deal with societal & economic impacts..imperative we reject any push toward nationalism & isolationism😱
Move away from strong men facing upto each other..& find ways to work with those who share our values under threat
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11 Jan
This is an IMPORTANT podcast episode too!!
Esp concerning financial loopholes undermining our elections, enabling foreign interference by malign forces!!😱😭#RussiaReport #Disinformation #DefendDemocracy
Cynical of timing!? Many have been exposing these serious threats for YEARS Eg @carolecadwalla but demeaned by @BBCPolitics eg @afneil & #Marr!🙄
Govt ignored recommendations of @CommonsForeign report on 'Moscow's Gold' & @CommonsDCMS on Disinformation! 😬
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5 Jan
LORD KERR
"FARCICAL proceedings, rubber-stamping a CRUCIAL Bill in an afternoon"😱
What's most striking =treaty's ASYMMETRY: We are a service economy running goods deficits & service surpluses, yet this treaty gives the 27 free access here for their goods but gives us nothing..
❌NOTHING in return on services:
❌NOTHING for the City or Edinburgh;
❌NO passporting
❌NO equivalence
❌NO recognition of qualifications
❌NOTHING on data adequacy
❌NOTHING for the digital or creative economy, hard hit by the loss of free movement.💔😭
As for exports of UK goods, on top of the NEW BORDERS & BUREAUCRACY, our negotiators have LOST on:
Rules of origin, on SPS & on testing & certification.😭

EU exporters to us face no similar costs here, so it is not just asymmetrical, it is LOSE-LOSE😭#BrexitReality #BrexitDeal
Read 7 tweets
5 Jan
LORD MARKS #BrexitBill
=Draconian limitation of our scrutiny:
❌NO C'ttee stage
❌NO Report stage
❌NO amendments
❌3 mins each to speak
—flows directly from the Govt being too cowed by the ERG 😬to extend the transition period beyond tomorrow.😭😭
= Disgraceful Hobson’s choice
I will vote against the Bill..in protest against this bad agreement & its chaotic, UNDEMOCRATIC implementation. The Bill is UNDEMOCRATIC not just in its timescale but in its content, with MASSIVE, all-encompassing HENRY VIII powers in Clauses 31- 33
"The PM wrote to us all on Christmas Eve that the agreement prioritises the safety & security of citizens"🙄😜

..[NB lengthy list of counterfactuals]..

"The replacements are NO match for what we are losing.
Why, then, this series of RETROGRADE steps for security & justice?"
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5 Jan
LORD WRIGGLESWORTH
🔥 "BONFIRE not of red tape, but OF BUSINESS" 🔥
+ "uncertain future for financial services"☡
"A PERVERSE & RETROGRADE step by a Conservative Party captured by an IDEOLOGICAL, ANTI-EUROPEAN group, fuelled by POPULIST XENOPHOBIC NATIONALISM." 🔥🔥🔥😭
As OBR has forecast, this 🔥BONFIRE OF BUSINESS will directly lead to a fall in GDP & to us being poorer, particularlythose at the bottom of the pile.😭
That alone is a very good reason for voting against the #BrexitBill, but there is an even more important reason...
..it represents a damaging change in role for the UK =wholly against the interests of its people😢
Never has there been a time since WW2 when we need close allies & the closest co-operation btwn the nations of the world more...to solve world problems that we all face together.💔
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5 Jan
SO MANY constitutional experts condemn Exec abuse of powers @HLConstitution
Many distinguished figures eg Lord Hannay (former ambassador & Perm Rep to EU & UN) condemn as a TRAVESTY
@HansardSociety said it was an 'abdication of constitutional responsibility' & a 'farce'!
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