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THREAD OF BREXIT THREADS

The history of Brexit is short & long at the same time

The real battle to Leave started after we actually voted to do it, but the tale starts long before. Some threads:

#ABrexitDiary #TheEUNoOneVotedFor #ThePoliticiansKnewAllAlong

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#ABrexitDiary

A trot through 2013-2020 & the assault on democracy by the Revoke & Remain brigade. Watch as they cook their own goose. It was a tense but epic journey with Brexit the ultimate prize.

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#TheEUNoOneVotedFor

Even before we joined the EEC, we the voters were cut out of the decision making process. Here you can see the evolution of a trading bloc into a federalist monster. Something we never voted for. And why we voted to Leave. Others will follow.

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#ThePoliticiansKnewAllAlong

And probably the most damning thing about the EU’s evolution into an unaccountable, undemocratic, bureaucratic, power-grabbing oligarchy, is many of our own politicians, on all sides, were complicit in *making* it happen

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BREXIT 2013-2020 - A THREAD
(Including the Tragicomedy of Remain)

It’s taken 7 years from the first seeds of a referendum but now, finally, from 1/1/2021 we are free to chart our own path.

Here are some of the memories - the good, bad, ugly & more...

#ABrexitDiary

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23/1/2013 - David Cameron @ Bloomberg

We can’t expect the British people to keep accepting a European Settlement over which they’ve had little choice...
"that is why I’m in favour of having a referendum"

Well said Sir

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Nigel Farage is now fully centre-stage in British politics & about to become the most important UK politician since Margaret Thatcher

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BREXIT THREAD - British Fishing & The Referendum

All the talk has been about the fish, not the people who’s livelihoods depend on them. How did they vote in 2016? How will it effect the UK when we leave

Here’s the top 20 fishing ports by value of 1 month’s catch in Dec 2019 /1
No.1

Port: Peterhead
Fact: The largest fishing port in Europe
Constituency: Banff & Buchan
Party: Conservative
EURef: LEAVE - 61.38%
Council: Aberdeenshire
IndyRef: NO - 60.36%
Catch: £5.9m
News: Interested in becoming a Freeport after we leave

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No.2

Port: Brixham
Fact: One of the largest fleets in England
Constituency: Totnes
Party: Conservative
EURef: LEAVE - 53.89%
Catch: £3.2m
News: the harbour has undergone massive regeneration, including a new fish market.

Sarah Wollaston was removed as MP in 2019

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BREXIT THREAD - A FISH TAIL

So what’s all the fuss about? Best place to start is here:

"Under the European Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) the UK *ceded* control of fisheries within the UK Exclusive Economic Zone (UKEEZ) to the EU"

This is the crux of the matter. Why?

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In 2018 1.945m Tonnes of Fish & Shellfish were landed in the UKEEZ

By Fleet, in Tonnes

UK - 555,000 (29%)
EU27 - 860,000 (44%)
Other - 527,000 (27%)

71% landed by non-UK boats due to the CFP and/or European Commission agreements with 3rd countries

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UK boats have less than 1/3rd of the UKEEZ pie

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5/7 - Man in 50s shot in broad daylight - Enfield

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4/7 - Man in 20s shot dead in broad daylight - Holloway
3/7 - Man stabbed - Whitechapel
3/7 - Police pelted with bottles at an illegal rave - White City

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Thanks to @999London @NormanBrennan
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